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Nicholas Trandahl
Featured Poetry

Nicholas Trandahl – Francis and Sistani

May 9, 2021May 13, 2021 Vanessa Able

Inspired by Pope Francis' trip to Iraq earlier this year, Nicholas Trandahl's poem upholds two leaders' efforts towards peace and reconciliation.

Tagged amends, Catholicism, Francis, Iraq, Islam, meeting, Pope, Sistani5 Comments
David Whyte
Uncategorized

David Whyte – The Bell and the Blackbird

September 30, 2020September 2, 2021 Vanessa Able

The call of awakening can come in any form, even from something as simple as the voice of a blackbird, in David Whyte's poem, The Bell and the Blackbird.

Tagged 2020, Awakening, bell, meeting, nature, Poetry, realization, Self3 Comments

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