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Featured Poetry

Derek Furr – The Meadow

October 31, 2021October 29, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Derek Furr has given readers something truly beautiful with his poem The Meadow, an idyllic narrative and a parable that both questions whether this life is enough and also gives us the answer.

Tagged Advice, journey, life, Life is beautiful, life is enough, parable, pilgrimage, Poem, Poetry, Wandering3 Comments
Featured Poetry

Susan Coultrap-McQuin – Seeking Stars

September 12, 2021September 19, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

"Seeking Stars" by Susan Coultrap-McQuin is a meditation on growing older and inhabiting the autumnal season of our lives.

Tagged aging, animals, change, connection, Growing old, growth, journey, Poem, Poetry, transformation1 Comment
Thomas Mann
Book Bits, Essays

At Sea With Don Quixote – Thomas Mann

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Vanessa Able

Thomas Mann's 'Voyage With Don Quixote' is an account of the author's voyage by sea to New York in 1934 during which he was accompanied by Cervantes' great novel.

Tagged crossing, humanism, journey, Literature, reflection, satireLeave a comment
Nicholas Trandahl
Featured

Nicholas Trandahl – The Chapel

April 26, 2020December 29, 2020 Vanessa Able

In his poem, The Chapel, Nicholas Trandahl sets out what he looks for when it comes to faith and spirituality. A lifelong seeker of truth and inner peace, he imagines a fictional space deep in the heart of the wilderness, where pilgrims and seekers can finally rest after their journeys.

Tagged 2020, chapel, divine, faith, forest, God, journey, nature, pilgrims, salvation, Spirituality, wilderness3 Comments
Judith Wright
Poetry

Judith Wright – The Lost Man

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Vanessa Able

The Lost Man is Judith Wright's poem about the journey out of losing oneself, based on the true story of a plane crash survivor who was later lost over a waterfall in Australia.

Tagged Australian poetry, Death, journey, Judith Wright, survival, the Way, Waterfall1 Comment
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