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Featured Poetry

John Paul Caponigro – Test for Echo

November 27, 2022November 25, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

John Paul Caponigro's "Test for Echo" is an ode to connection and communication in a world that feels as disconnected as ever.

Tagged Communication, connection, contact, Fire, Interconnectedness, Loneliness, Poem, poet, Poetry, signal, SolitudeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Rose DeMaris – Song of the Barren Orange Tree Who Is Nourished by Her Own Fallen Leaves

August 14, 2022August 18, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

New York City poet Rose DeMaris has given readers a work a elegance and solitude, at times desolate, at times sensuous, at times hopeful and verdant, and at times lonely and self-sufficient.

Tagged Loneliness, loss, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, Self, self-awareness, self-discovery, SolitudeLeave a comment
May Sarton
Book Bits

Like Silt in a Flowing Stream – May Sarton on Solitude and Clutter

May 31, 2022May 31, 2022 Vanessa Able

May Sarton's Journal of a Solitude is the upshot of a journey into herself, into simplification and self-examination.

Tagged Journal, Loneliness, retreat, Solitude, Writing1 Comment
All About Love

Passersby

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Vanessa Able

BY JOANN STEVELOS - What happens when an abandoned child grows up and one day buries her estranged father

Tagged abandonment, Compassion, Death, father, grief, Loneliness, metta meditation, parents2 Comments
Featured Poetry

Martine van Bijlert – this life we built

November 7, 2021November 5, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

Martine van Bijlert's poem, this life we built, is a snapshot of domesticity and contentment, but with a tense uncertainty of the future.

Tagged contentment, daily life, domesticity, enough, home, life, life is enough, Loneliness, Poem, poet, Poetry, routine, satisfactionLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Eugene Platt – September Poem

October 3, 2021October 5, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

Eugene Platt's September Poem is a story of squandered romance, set against the backdrop of autumn's arrival.

Tagged autumn, Autumn Leaves, exposure, Loneliness, love, love lost, Poem, Poetry, regret, romanceLeave a comment
Robert Frost
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Robert Frost – Acquainted with the Night

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Vanessa Able

Robert Frost's sad and somber poem reads like a reminiscence told by a survivor of a period of bleakness so deep that it was something to be hidden

Tagged Darkness, Loneliness, Poetry, Solitude, time1 Comment
Henri Nouwen
Book Bits

Healing With Our Wounds – Henri Nouwen on Working With Loneliness

April 5, 2021April 28, 2021 Vanessa Able

Henri Nouwen wrote that when we can be with our own loneliness, we can begin to understand the suffering that underlies all of humanity.

Tagged healing, Loneliness, ministry, pain, pastoral care, wounds1 Comment
Amy Marshall
Featured Poetry

Amy-Sarah Marshall – Shelled

February 14, 2021February 13, 2021 Vanessa Able

Amy-Sarah Marshall's poem 'Shelled' touches on feelings of loss and remembrance through a minimal and pared-down verse.

Tagged emotion, Loneliness, loss, mystery, remembranceLeave a comment
Diane Ackerman
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Diane Ackerman – We Are Listening

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Vanessa Able

'We Are Listening' is steeped in a sense of wonder at the scale of the universe, coupled with a tenderness towards the fragility of life.

Tagged Cosmos, eternity, existence, fragility, humanity, listening, Loneliness, Poetry, space, timeLeave a comment

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