# Pause with Poems
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/pause-with-poems/9448
**Category:** Interaction Zone
**Created:** [September 25, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/pause-with-poems/9448 "2026-09-25T15:46:28Z")
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### Author:  [@actualham](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/actualham)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/pause-with-poems/9448/1 "2026-09-25T15:46:28Z")
Hi everyone! For those who are f2f in Boston for the conference, I will be hosting a low-stim, highly relaxed poetry share on Wednesday at 4:20pm. This is one of three f2f “Sparking Creativity, Connection, and Curiosity with the Open Education Network” sessions; the other two are casual field trips to help you get off-site and into beautiful places nearby.
But for this “Pause with Poems” session, we will be staying put in Salon M in the conference venue and just sharing our favorite poems with each other, under low light and with no pressure to do anything but breathe and listen. Just a way to take a break from the rigor and activity and settle into a different, easier vibe.
For those who are online, feel free to use this thread to share a favorite poem. I’d love to see the poems that you all love and lean on!
Cheers,
Robin
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### Author:  [@actualham](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/actualham)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/pause-with-poems/9448/2 "2026-09-25T15:49:11Z")
Here is one I love for fall:
**Under the Harvest Moon**
by Carl Sandburg
Under the harvest moon,
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.
Under the summer roses
When the flagrant crimson
Lurks in the dusk
Of the wild red leaves,
Love, with little hands,
Comes and touches you
With a thousand memories,
And asks you
Beautiful, unanswerable questions.
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### Author:  [@heatherb](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/heatherb)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/pause-with-poems/9448/3 "2026-09-25T19:13:17Z")
@actualham if only we could find a forest nearby to escape to!