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Featured Poetry

Phach Huynh – Traces

September 13, 2026September 11, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Ho Chi Minh City poet Phach Huynh reveals all the stories and presences which are held in the lonely silences with his masterful "Traces".

Tagged absence, loss, memories, memory, Poem, poet, Poetry, presence, Quiet, restraint, Silence, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Vietnamese Poet, Zen14 Comments
Featured Poetry

Lily Tobias – Fennel

April 5, 2026April 4, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

In her poem "Fennel", Michigan poet Lily Tobias awakens our senses in the quiet hush of morning, and takes us to the temple.

Tagged garden, Meditation, memory, nature, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, posture, temple, winter, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Gary Keenan – Big Day

March 22, 2026March 21, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Writing from the Colombian Andes, poet Gary Keenan's poem "Big Day" is a chaotic cacophony collapsing into the soft rosy amber of stillness.

Tagged chaos, imagination, language, memory, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, present moment, release, time1 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
Featured Poetry

Topher Shields – Toolbox: Inherited Instruments

September 14, 2025September 13, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

"Toolbox: Inherited Instruments" is a six-sequence poem of raw ancestral sacredness wielded by Aotearoa (New Zealand) poet Topher Shields.

Tagged ancestors, ancestral, ancestry, legacy, memory, Poem, poet, Poetry, Queer, queer poetry, ritual, sacredness, spiritual, SpiritualityLeave a comment
All About Love

Telomeres: A Strange Fate

June 19, 2025June 18, 2025 Vanessa Able

Love, loss and the biology of endings. BY DAVID WHITEHURST

Tagged cancer, dog, grief, illness, loss, love, memory, pet, telomeres, transitionLeave a comment
All About Love

Fore! The Record

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 Vanessa Able

Remembering love and laughter on the golf course, a quarter of a century ago. BY CLINT MARTIN

Tagged golf, grandfather, Humor, laughter, love, memoryLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

patricia a. heisser métoyer – Mastodon

December 8, 2024December 5, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Existence is a state of constant flux, as is what it means to be sacred. patricia a. heisser métoyer displays this in her epic "Mastodon".

Tagged change, eternity, faith, God, loss, memory, nothing, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Lou Second – At a party, 1.30 am, blasting music to last

December 1, 2024November 29, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Emerging French poet and artist Lou Second gives us a window into innermost thoughts with his "At a party, 1.30 am, blasting music to last".

Tagged Death, flowing, life, loss, love, memory, Poem, poet, Poetry, wishLeave a comment
All About Love

Tabletop Portraits and a Lifetime Together

August 22, 2024August 20, 2024 Trent Thomson

From magical to mundane; art, beauty, and time shared. BY HOPE NISLY

Tagged art, Bay Area, beauty, berkeley, community, love, magic, marriage, memory, relationship, time1 Comment

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