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Featured Poetry

Patrice Bavos – Sedona Prayer

May 15, 2022May 12, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

New Jersey poet Patrice Bavos offers a gracious praise poem of a spiritual place with her lovely "Sedona Prayer".

Tagged desert, history, homage, nature, ode, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, sacredLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Christopher James – Cider, memories, and dreams

November 14, 2021November 12, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

In the hushed lines of Christopher James' Cider, memories, and dreams, we are brought along with the narrator as he wanders an overgrown family orchard, remembers the past, and ponders the future.

Tagged apples, autumn, cider, Dreams, family, harvest, history, idyll, memories, nature, pastoral care, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment
Matthew Kohut
Featured Poetry

Matthew Kohut – White Ash

March 28, 2021March 24, 2021 Vanessa Able

A reflection at the end of winter on the cycles of death and renewal.

Tagged dust, endurance, history, reflection, Trees, winter6 Comments
Barbara McHugh
Book Bits

The Struggle of a Buddha’s Wife

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Vanessa Able

The Buddha's abandonment of his wife is a thorny subject in a tradition that has generally promoted equality.

Tagged Buddha's wife, Buddhism, historical fiction, history, homeleaving, renunciation, women's day, Yasodhara1 Comment
Tacey M. Atsitty
Poetry

Tacey M. Atsitty – Anasazi

November 25, 2020November 24, 2020 Vanessa Able

Atsitty's poem evokes the simultaneous absence and presence of ancestry, of unplanned, hurried, enforced departures and of what remains and endures.

Tagged ancestry, departure, disappearance, endurance, history, Native American, remnantsLeave a comment
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