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Featured Poetry

Bob Rama – Ascetic Aesthetics

October 4, 2026October 3, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Translator and poet Bob Rama shines a little candlelight on ascetic renunciation in his pleasingly-titled poem "Ascetic Aesthetics".

Tagged acceptance, aesthetics, asceticism, Buddhism, clarity, Poem, poet, Poetry, Reality, renunciation, SufferingLeave a comment
Essays

The Drawer Where I Keep My Doubts

October 15, 2025September 28, 2025 Vanessa Able

Some people organize their lives by goals. Others, by memories. I seem to organize mine by unfinished questions.

Tagged answers, clarity, clutter, Devotion, dialogue, doubts, drawer, honesty, Process, questions, resolution, unfinished2 Comments
Featured Poetry

Bianca Rey – That Night Mongaup Pond Went Silent

April 27, 2025April 24, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

As readers, we are present in a moment of profound realization in Bianca Rey's poem "That Night Mongaup Pond Went Silent".

Tagged clarity, faith, God, holiness, nature, outdoors, Poem, poet, Poetry, sacredness1 Comment
GK Chesterton
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G.K. Chesterton – The Convert

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Vanessa Able

G.K. Chesterton's 'The Convert' describes the aftermath of a transition that has taken the poet from an upside-down world onto a shining white road of peace and clarity.

Tagged Catholicism, clarity, conversion, epiphany, peace, Poetry, rebirth, transformation3 Comments

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- BOOK BITS -

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    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
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- POETRY-

  • Claudia Kessel – Samsara
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  • Emily Tong – Girlhood Ghazal
    Using the ancient poetic form of the ghazal, Asian-American poet Emily Tong searches for home in her "Girlhood Ghazal".
  • A Year of Kō: 15th Sekki
    15th Sekki poems by SHAOMEI YU, COLEMAN DAVIS AND NADINE LEITSO
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