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Tag: God

Featured Poetry

Deja Carr – We Held Hands in Prayers, Then I Forgot You

May 3, 2026May 1, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Deja Carr, poet and musician, creates a altar to gratitude and mixed blessings with her "We Held Hands in Prayers, Then I Forgot You".

Tagged abundance, blessings, God, grateful, Gratitude, Poem, poet, Poetry, renewal, spring, springtime, thankfulnessLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Homa Mojadidi – Submission

March 8, 2026March 7, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Afghan-American poet Homa Mojadidi manifests the magnitude and all-encompassing power of reverence and divinity with her poem "Submission".

Tagged Allah, Emptiness, faith, God, Islam, Muhammad, Poem, poet, Poetry, revelation, reverence, submissionLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Elias Tucker – Corona del Mar

February 1, 2026January 31, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Emerging poet Elias Tucker offers much more than a love poem with his "Corona del Mar". He offers praise and gratitude to God.

Tagged awe, beach, california, God, grateful, Gratitude, life, Life is beautiful, love, love poem, ocean, Poem, poet, Poetry, praise, shoreLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Drema Drudge – Mutual Mass

October 26, 2025October 24, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

In her poem "Mutual Mass", Drema Drudge introduces us to a god who takes solace in her pilgrims in the way they take solace in her.

Tagged connection, fellowship, God, human experience, Poem, poet, Poetry, purpose, Silence, Solace, wearyLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Patrick Trombly – Betsy

October 19, 2025October 17, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Re-emerging poet Patrick Trombly wakes us up and smears us with light and disarray with his postmodern poem "Betsy".

Tagged awaken, God, Gratitude, Light, morning, Morning Poem, Poem, poet, Poetry, thankfulness, wake, wakingLeave a comment
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
Marie Howe
Poetry

Marie Howe – Annunciation

April 16, 2025April 13, 2025 Sam Shapiro

“All I know is that some things have happened that I don’t understand, and they are the most true things I’ve known.” 

Tagged Awakening, divine, Experience, God, kensho, sacred, truth1 Comment
Featured Poetry

patricia a. heisser métoyer – Mastodon

December 8, 2024December 5, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Existence is a state of constant flux, as is what it means to be sacred. patricia a. heisser métoyer displays this in her epic "Mastodon".

Tagged change, eternity, faith, God, loss, memory, nothing, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment
Marcus Aurelius
Book Bits

‘Flecks of Foam on the Boar’s Mouth’ – Marcus Aurelius on Everyday Magic

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 Vanessa Able

The Roman Emperor and philosopher on mortality, change, nature and the importance of paying attention to the small and beautiful details.

Tagged attention, change, Classical Philosophy, Emperor, God, impermanence, Meditation, nature, philosophy, Roman, Stoic thought, Stoicism, Virtue1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Brandon James O’Neil – The Encounter

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Holiness is found hidden in surprising places, even in the midst of bustling urban confines, in Brandon James O'Neil's poem "The Encounter".

Tagged city, divinity, God, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, urban landscape, urban lifeLeave a comment

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- BOOK BITS -

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- POETRY-

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  • Erica Miriam Fabri – The Bride and the Wolf
    Brooklyn poet Erica Miriam Fabri presents a dialogue of love, loss, and acceptance in her dramatic and melancholic "The Bride and the Wolf".
  • Francis Weeks – Unfinished
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