"Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection," is an anthology
that includes poems by Ross Gay, Marie Howe, Naomi Shihab Nye and many
others. The poems within it urge readers in these polarized times to
"move past the negativity that often fills the airwaves, and to embrace
the ordinary moments of kindness and connection that fill our days." What follows is one of the poems from this collection, titled, "Small
Kindnesses," by Danusha Lameris.
