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Ryan Diaz's poem, St. Hubert and the Deer, offers readers a glimpse at the crucial moment in the life of Saint Hubert--the precipice of the choice between slaughter and mercy.

Book Bits

Better Than We Think: Directing Self-Love

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Vanessa Able

Sharon Salzberg on why the richest way of loving means starting with our very selves.

Featured, Featured Poetry

Dan Branch – The Carrying Strength of Water

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 Vanessa Able

This poem by Alaska-based poet Dan Branch is a reflection on the values and burdens of guilt.

The Sacred Pulse of Night and Day
Deborah Eden Tull explores the experience of darkness and how it can be a transformative and expansive human experience.
‘An Appropriate Response’: Christian Dillo on the Nature of Buddhist Wisdom
What is wisdom? How can what we know get in the way of true wisdom? How can we express wisdom in a chaotic and unpredictable world?
Like Silt in a Flowing Stream – May Sarton on Solitude and Clutter
May Sarton's Journal of a Solitude is the upshot of a journey into herself, into simplification and self-examination.
E.E. Cummings – Let It Go—The
E.E. Cummings reflects on the necessity of clearing, of letting go of the things we cling to, in order to make way for love.
Normal Days – A Tribute to the Ordinary From the Far Edge of Life
After a glioblastoma diagnosis, Tallu Schuyler Quinn wrote about what dying meant to her body, mind and heart in this series of moving essays.

Kathryn Weld – Is the Sun Conscious
In Kathryn Weld's "Is the Sun Conscious", readers are presented with a feminine and motherly sun, and the desolation of her absence.
John Paul Caponigro – Test for Echo
John Paul Caponigro's "Test for Echo" is an ode to connection and communication in a world that feels as disconnected as ever.
Nadir Feroz – Doused
Penned while he sat by the Nile River, Nadir Feroz's "Doused" carries the themes of time, eternity, light, and mortality in its currents.
Swetha Amit – The Tea Prayer
Swetha Amit's "The Tea Prayer" is a meditation on the routine and ritualistic simplicity of making and savoring a cup of hot green tea.
David Anthony Martin – The After
Colorado poet and outdoorsman David Anthony Martin reminds us of the inevitability of life and tomorrows with his poem "The After".

Tag: guilt

Ryan Diaz – Saint Hubert and the Deer

Better Than We Think: Directing Self-Love

Dan Branch – The Carrying Strength of Water