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Small Kindnesses by Danusha Laméris
I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you” when someone sneezes, a leftover from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying. And sometimes, when you spill lemons from your grocery bag, someone else will help you pick them up. Mostly, we don’t want to harm each other. We want to be handed our cup of coffee hot, and to say thank you to the person handing it. To smile at them and for them to smile back. For the waitress to call us honey when she sets down the bowl of clam chowder, and for the driver in the red pick-up truck to let us pass. We have so little of each other, now. So far from tribe and fire. Only these brief moments of exchange. What if they are the true dwelling of the holy, these fleeting temples we make together when we say, “Here, have my seat,” “Go ahead — you first,” “I like your hat.”
June 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I love this poem by by Danusha Laméris, I believe it perfectly captures what so many of us are going through and feeling now, however in addition, it feel it is true for all time. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do, it has become my 'Mantra' ~ ❤️
June 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Small Kindnesses by Danusha Laméris I've been thinking about the way, when you walk down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs to let you by. Or how strangers still say 'bless you' when someone sneezes, a leftover from the Bubonic plague. 'Don't die,' we are saying. And sometimes, when you spill lemons from your grocery bag, someone else will help you pick them up. Mostly, we don't want to harm each other. We want to be handed our cup of coffee hot, and to say thank you to the person handing it. To smile at them and for them to smile back. For the waitress to call us honey when she sets down the bowl of clam chowder, and for the driver in the red pick-up truck to let us pass. We have so little of each other, now. So far from tribe and fire. Only these brief moments of exchange. What if they are the true dwelling of the holy, these fleeting temples we make together when we say, ‘Here have my seat,' 'Go ahead—you first,' 'I like your hat.'
May 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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@Danushalameris, PacU MFA Poetry Faculty, will judge the 2025 Jacar Press Chapbook Contest!
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Also this: send in those chapbooks!
February 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Poet and essayist Danusha Laméris captures the beauty of human experience with grace.

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January 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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If you are driving about today, in a store, shopping or dining with people trying to get through their shift, I hope you’ll remember that your small kindnesses can be so helpful and important to people that are stressed.

This is a favorite poem by @DanushaLameris
December 22, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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A poem from Danusha Laméris's book, Bonfire Opera.

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November 23, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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post play poetry gifting from @BelgradeTheatre #SwimAuntySwim #thecomfortenvalope #courtesies #kindnesses @DanushaLameris
These fleeting temples we make together when we say "Here, have a seat," "Go ahead - you first," " I like your hat."
September 17, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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RT @DanushaLameris:
It’s always the right day to share a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye. 🕯 🍁 “Soon the nights will lengthen…”
February 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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For New Year's Day, here is Small Kindnesses by @DanushaLameris ❤️

We have even less of each other at the moment, so the kindnesses we can show matter so much more.
November 19, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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"Leg", a poem by Danusha Laméris | https://poems.com/poem/leg/ @DanushaLameris via @Poetry_Daily and @southern_review
February 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Thank you for this, @pieandmightymsp and @DanushaLameris! Needed it today.

Maybe you all do too?

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November 20, 2024 at 1:57 AM
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"Small Kindnesses", a poem by @DanushaLameris | http://singingbowl.org/so-far-from-tribe-and-fire/ via @singingbowlpoem HT @AutumnHousePrs
February 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM