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Featured Poetry

Regina Gort-Betances – (Mother) Bear

May 10, 2026May 8, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Regina Gort-Betances' "(Mother) Bear" is a wild and mournful study of loss and grief, written on a canvas of bone, blood, and root.

Tagged animal, bear, Death, feral, grief, loss, mother, motherhood, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, sinLeave a comment
All About Love

Not Done

February 6, 2026February 9, 2026 Vanessa Able

The hardest battles of cancer often give rise to the most resilience, wisdom and love. BY NOAH LANE BROWNE

Tagged breast cancer, cancer, Care, chemo, grief, illness, love, radiation, Resilience, Suffering, support, survival, treatment, Wisdom2 Comments
Interview, Podcast

Becoming Yourself – A Conversation with Jiryu Rutschman-Byler

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 Vanessa Able

“The vastness isn’t somewhere else. It’s right here, embodied in the most ordinary activities.”

Tagged acceptance, childhood fears, cultural perception, Death, grief, mental health, personal experiences, psychedelic experiences, societal norms, suicide, urgency, Varanasi, Wounded Healer, WritingLeave a comment
Interview, Podcast

Andy Chaleff on the Transformative Power of Facing Up to Our Fears

September 28, 2025September 28, 2025 Vanessa Able

In this podcast episode, I explore death and the fear of mortality with Andy Chaleff, and we discuss how these experiences have shaped our lives.

Tagged acceptance, childhood fears, cultural perception, Death, grief, mental health, personal experiences, psychedelic experiences, societal norms, suicide, urgency, Varanasi, Wounded Healer, WritingLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Aviyah Abrams – Soul-Cloud of a Son

September 7, 2025September 6, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

With her three-part poem "Soul-Cloud of a Son", poet Aviyah Abrams wanders the tragic contours of loss through the radiance of verse.

Tagged beauty, Death, despair, grief, healing, loss, Meditation, mourning, nature, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Pamela Wax – Dear Mayor

August 31, 2025August 30, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

The prose poem "Dear Mayor" by Massachusetts poet Pamela Wax immerses us in layers of spiritual practice, grief, loss, and longing.

Tagged balance, Death, Devotion, grief, Longing, loss, Meditation, Poem, poet, Poetry, spiritual, Spiritual Practice, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Benne van der Velde – Cheers

June 29, 2025June 26, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Prolific Dutch creative Benne van der Velde lets us in as witnesses to coming to terms with grief in his poem "Cheers".

Tagged cancer, gods, grief, loss, love, names, Poem, poet, Poetry, powerLeave a comment
All About Love

Telomeres: A Strange Fate

June 19, 2025June 18, 2025 Vanessa Able

Love, loss and the biology of endings. BY DAVID WHITEHURST

Tagged cancer, dog, grief, illness, loss, love, memory, pet, telomeres, transitionLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Trapper Markelz – Final Wishes

May 11, 2025May 10, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Massachusetts poet Trapper Markelz paints a picture of grief and rest in the grey quiet of his poem "Final Wishes".

Tagged burial, Death, final wishes, finality, grief, life, loss, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Kristine Amundrud – Acreage Song

January 19, 2025January 18, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Time and loss isn't ever too far off in Kristine Amundrud's "Acreage Song", but neither is life and resiliency.

Tagged Death, family, grief, healing, loss, mythology, nature, Nordic, Poem, poet, Poetry, rural, winter, wintertime5 Comments

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- BOOK BITS -

  • Don’t Waste Suffering: Ramiro López Larroy on Opening the Doors of Liberation
    How can we use the things that give us difficulty in our lives to learn and grow, rather than avoiding them, or trying to push them away?
  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.


- POETRY-

  • Nathan Hassall – Write a simple poem, my wife said, so I wrote a short one
    Poet Nathan Hassall's "Write a simple poem, my wife said, so I wrote a short one" transcends the small confines of its verbiage into the enormity of universal divinity.
  • A Year of Kō: 17th Sekki
    17th Sekki poems by BOB RAMA, COLEMAN DAVIS and SHAOMEI YU
  • Shaomei Yu – The Closed Door
    Chinese-American poet Shaomei Yu reflects on loss and transition with Zen-like sparseness in her poem "The Closed Door".
  • Claudia Kessel – Samsara
    In her epic "Samsara", poet Claudia Kessel leans the ancient tenants of Buddhism against the gritty reality of the 21st Century.
  • A Year of Kō: 16th Sekki
    16th Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, MADISON WILLIAMS and SHAOMEI YU
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