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Podcast

Engaging in Compassionate Action: Pamela Ayo Yetunde

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 Vanessa Able

A conversation with Pamela Ayo Yetunde about spirituality, interconnectedness, and the need to foster understanding and compassion in today's world.

Tagged Buddhism, community, Compassion, healing, Indra's Net, interbeing, Interconnectedness, interdependence, Social Change, social justice, spiritual kinshipLeave 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

Rebecca Doverspike – Choreography

October 23, 2022October 27, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

In her poem "Choreography", interfaith chaplain Rebecca Doverspike dances from wind, pines, and leaves, to the mental workings of an elderly patient.

Tagged beauty, Death, healing, impermanence, loss, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, timeLeave a comment
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
Featured Poetry

Eloise Klein Healy – Iris

May 8, 2022May 5, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Eloise Klein Healy, former Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, has encapsulated so much in the two short stanzas of her poem "Iris".

Tagged blossom, Courage, Death, flowers, growth, healing, love, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, springLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Kurtis Ebeling – Snowmelt

May 1, 2022April 28, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

With the quietude of the rising sun and melting snow, Kurtis Ebeling's "Snowmelt" serves as an ode to springtime and a requiem to winter.

Tagged environment, growth, healing, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, rejuvenation, restoration, spring, winter, wintertime, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Bradley Samore – After a Day of Others’ Demands

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Zen-like in its purposeful simplicity, poet Bradley Samore has made us something humble and wholesome with his poem, "After a Day of Others' Demands".

Tagged domesticity, food, healing, nourishment, Poem, poet, Poetry, Simplicity, wellness, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Kit Evans – When We Go to That Museum You Liked

March 27, 2022March 24, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Like the all-encompassing color field paintings of Mark Rothko mentioned in Kit Evans' poem, this little piece commands our attention, while also leaving things unsaid.

Tagged art, artwork, healing, innocence, loss, love, parenthood, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment
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Featured Poetry

Julia Park Tracey – Tufas

June 20, 2021June 16, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

In Tufas, Julia Park Tracey offers a simple and quiet poem focused on the landscape and nature, with a sense of tragidy that's only hinted at through her words.

Tagged grief, healing, landscape, loss, nature, restoration, sierras, springLeave a comment
Way-Seeking Mind

Leaving

April 8, 2021April 7, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY MICHELLE NICHOLAYSEN When I left the Seventh-day Adventists, I thought I could keep the love and forget the wrath.

Tagged childhood, Christianity, departure, healing, leaving, religion, religious history, seventh day adventists1 Comment

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