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A Gentle Pause

By Erynn Crittenden
April 17, 2026
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A Haiku Poem-
Harmonizing with nature
For a brief moment

We should learn to pause,
Like a bird on a tree branch
Watching the sunset

And collect our thoughts-
Those errant butterflies that
Slip through our fingers-

Creating space to
Breathe in the vast universe
And recall our worth.


Editor: Rockebah Charles-Stewart 

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Erynn Crittenden

Erynn Crittenden has written poetry since she could hold a pen. This love prompted her to earn a BA in Creative Writing, where she learned how to experiment with syllables and styles. Since then, Erynn has self-published three poetry collections (By the Bones, Transfiguration, and Into the Western Sky) through Amazon. She also writes and publishes plenty of individual poems on her website, and her work has appeared in the Talon Literary Magazine, the Beautiful Poetry anthology by Silent Sparks Press, the #AmWriting anthology by the Wayne Foundation, and Life Blood: A Collection of Vampire Tales by Gary Hill. Erynn is also the creator and host of the Present Poetry Podcast, where she reads and celebrates a different poet every week. Find it and the rest of her works by visiting her website at LadyErynn.com.

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