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Featured Poetry

Wanda VanderStoop – Chemin Poulin, Qc

March 1, 2026February 28, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

"Chemin Poulin, Qc" by poet Wanda VanderStoop tantalizes the senses with lush earthiness brimming with abundance and life.

Tagged birds, cycles, earth, earthiness, life, Life is beautiful, nature, Olav Hauge, Poem, poet, Poetry, WaterLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Matt Pasca – Traitor Psalm

January 25, 2026January 24, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Long Island poet Matt Pasca gives it all up and at the same time transforms us in his engaging poem "Traitor Psalm".

Tagged birds, Children, parenthood, past, Poem, poet, Poetry, present, time, transformation, WritingLeave a comment
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Brooks Lampe – Shiver-Morning Baptism

January 18, 2026January 17, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Oregon poet Brooks Lampe welcomes a strange tranquil newness with his remarkable "Shiver-Morning Baptism".

Tagged baptism, birds, Death, morning, Poem, poet, Poetry, reincarnation, resurrectionLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Winter Week 2

January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 Trent Thomson

Winter Week 2 BY NATHAN NICOLAU

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Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Autumn Week 13

December 29, 2025December 25, 2025 Trent Thomson

Autumn Week 13 BY DIANA WOODCOCK

Tagged autumn, birds, fall, migration, Seasonal, weekly haiku autumn fallLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Gary Fox – Dissolve

February 16, 2025February 14, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

"Dissolve" by poet Gary Fox is a place poem, woven with the interplay of stillness and motion, light emptying into darkness.

Tagged birds, fading, Light, nature, night, nightfall, Poem, poet, Poetry, Silence, Stillness1 Comment
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Tess Gallagher – Choices

January 20, 2024January 19, 2024 Vanessa Able

When we have the capacity to hold back and turn away from the harm we might do.

Tagged birds, choices, Compassion, harm, mountains, nests, Poem, Poetry, Trees1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Jasmine Marshall Armstrong – Yellow-Headed Blackbirds

June 11, 2023June 1, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Observant and curious, poet Jasmine Marshall Armstrong draws inspiration and lessons from birds in her poem "Yellow-Headed Blackbirds".

Tagged attention, balance, birds, california, fauna, nature, observation, openness, Poem, poet, Poetry, springLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Stephanie McConnell – Palms

June 26, 2022June 23, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Pennsylvania poet Stephanie McConnell's "Palms" is a work of beauty, illuminating Saint Francis of Assisi.

Tagged birds, Catholic, Catholicism, love, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, Saint, Saint FrancisLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Rose Strode – Saint Cuthbert Proclaims the First Sanctuary for Birds, 676 A.D.

January 2, 2022December 20, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

Alive with enchanting imagery, Rose Strode's exquisite Saint Cuthbert Proclaims the First Sanctuary for Birds, 676 A.D. details moments in the life of that saint.

Tagged animals, birds, nature, paradise, Poem, poet, Poetry, Saint, saints, sanctuary, wildlifeLeave a comment

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