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Featured Poetry

Roderick Wilson – Practicing Resurrection

March 15, 2026March 14, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

New York poet Roderick Wilson wipes the snow from the threadbare conclusion of wintertime, on the cusp of transition.

Tagged Belief, growth, Poem, poet, Poetry, resurrection, spring, springtime, survival, winterLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Travis Stephens – Spring is the Time of Horses

February 22, 2026February 20, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Californian tugboat captain and poet Travis Stephens smothers readers in the cold grit of resurrection in his "Spring is the Time of Horses".

Tagged earth, earthiness, growth, nature, Olav Hauge, Poem, poet, Poetry, rebirth, rejuvenation, resurrection, spring, springtimeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Erik Manuel Soto – Séance Under a Lunar Eclipse

March 23, 2025March 21, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Witness how endings give way to change through the serpentine form of Erik Manuel Soto's "Séance Under a Lunar Eclipse".

Tagged Aztec, change, Death, growth, Latin America, mexico, night, Poem, poet, Poetry, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Samantha Malay – Harvest

November 17, 2024November 14, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Samantha Malay's impeccable "Harvest" is a poem cultivated in the wild liminal space between seed and bounty.

Tagged growth, harvest, liminal space, loss, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, roots, wild, wildnessLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Sarah Karowski – Clumsy

July 7, 2024July 5, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

In Sarah Karowski's imaginative prose poem "Clumsy", we are witness to beauty and magic blooming from the grittiness of hurt.

Tagged flowers, growth, healing, nature, pain, Poem, poet, Poetry, rebirth, rejuvenation, Spiritual GrowthLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Pete Mackey – Finding the Nursery

July 9, 2023July 6, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

With his "Finding the Nursery", poet Pete Mackey takes us on an amble into the wilderness, where we find evidence of transformation.

Tagged abandoned, discover, forest, growth, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, reclaim, ruins, woodsLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Michael Grimwood – God Ecology

May 28, 2023May 25, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Michael Grimwood takes readers on a journey into divine realms of leaf, blossom, and holiness with his imaginative poem "God Ecology".

Tagged adventure, fantasy, fauna, flora, God, growth, holiness, magic, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, wild, wildnessLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Matthew Kohut – Letter to St. John of the Cross

February 19, 2023February 16, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

In Matthew Kohut's "Letter to St. John of the Cross", nine concise lines are illuminated with unity, to the canticle of "i dissolving".

Tagged community, growth, mysticism, Poem, poet, Poetry, together, togetherness, unification, UnityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

David Anthony Martin – The After

November 6, 2022November 3, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Colorado poet and outdoorsman David Anthony Martin reminds us of the inevitability of life and tomorrows with his poem "The After".

Tagged amends, daily life, future, growth, healing, life, Poem, poet, Poetry, Suffering, Wisdom2 Comments
Featured Poetry

K. E. Ogden – Daily Labor

July 3, 2022June 30, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Blending domesticity and earthy natural imagery, Los Angeles poet K. E. Ogden presents readers with quite the scene in three short stanzas.

Tagged childhood, growth, healing, human nature, motherhood, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, purificationLeave a comment

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    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.
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