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Featured Poetry

Claudia Kessel – Samsara

October 11, 2026October 9, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

In her epic "Samsara", poet Claudia Kessel leans the ancient tenants of Buddhism against the gritty reality of the 21st Century.

Tagged addiction, appetite, Buddhism, Death, life, Poem, poet, Poetry, rebirth, samsara, SufferingLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Riley Danvers – [Soma]tic

September 20, 2026September 17, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Oregon poet Riley Danvers reveals what it means to be human in a painful state of flux in her avant-garde [Soma]tic.

Tagged abuse, Body, experimental poetry, life, Poem, poet, Poetry, relationship, Relationships, ViolenceLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Constance Clark – This Heat Sculpts a Spell

July 26, 2026July 26, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Allow the summer heat of Constance Clark's "This Heat Sculpts a Spell" soak into you, as her poem unfolds its petals as an ode to connection.

Tagged companionship, connection, heat, intensity, ko, life, micro seasons, Poem, poet, Poetry, Seasonal, seasons, Solitude, summerLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Francis Weeks – Unfinished

June 28, 2026June 27, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

In five brief lines, Francis Weeks' "Unfinished" has encompassed life, death, and the endless continuation of life.

Tagged birth, change, continuity, Death, life, living, loss, Poem, poet, Poetry, unfinished, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Wanda VanderStoop – Chemin Poulin, Qc

March 1, 2026February 28, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

"Chemin Poulin, Qc" by poet Wanda VanderStoop tantalizes the senses with lush earthiness brimming with abundance and life.

Tagged birds, cycles, earth, earthiness, life, Life is beautiful, nature, Olav Hauge, Poem, poet, Poetry, WaterLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Elias Tucker – Corona del Mar

February 1, 2026January 31, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Emerging poet Elias Tucker offers much more than a love poem with his "Corona del Mar". He offers praise and gratitude to God.

Tagged awe, beach, california, God, grateful, Gratitude, life, Life is beautiful, love, love poem, ocean, Poem, poet, Poetry, praise, shoreLeave a comment
Book Bits

Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos

October 6, 2025September 28, 2025 Vanessa Able

A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.

Tagged breath, connection, Death, exhale, inhale, life, meaning, memory, tattoo1 Comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Summer Week 8

September 1, 2025September 2, 2025 Trent Thomson

Summer Week 8 BY NIHARIKA RAJAN SINHA

Tagged Dreams, flowers, life, pond, roots, Seasonal, summerLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Summer Week 7

August 21, 2025August 17, 2025 Trent Thomson

Summer Week 7 BY KIMBERLY HALL

Tagged cicada, earth, grass, life, music, Seasonal, summerLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Trapper Markelz – Final Wishes

May 11, 2025May 10, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Massachusetts poet Trapper Markelz paints a picture of grief and rest in the grey quiet of his poem "Final Wishes".

Tagged burial, Death, final wishes, finality, grief, life, loss, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment

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- BOOK BITS -

  • Don’t Waste Suffering: Ramiro López Larroy on Opening the Doors of Liberation
    How can we use the things that give us difficulty in our lives to learn and grow, rather than avoiding them, or trying to push them away?
  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.


- POETRY-

  • Shaomei Yu – The Closed Door
    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.
  • A Year of Kō: 16th Sekki
    16th Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, MADISON WILLIAMS and SHAOMEI YU
  • Bob Rama – Ascetic Aesthetics
    Translator and poet Bob Rama shines a little candlelight on ascetic renunciation in his pleasingly-titled poem "Ascetic Aesthetics".
  • Emily Tong – Girlhood Ghazal
    Using the ancient poetic form of the ghazal, Asian-American poet Emily Tong searches for home in her "Girlhood Ghazal".
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