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Tag: morning

Featured Poetry

Brooks Lampe – Shiver-Morning Baptism

January 18, 2026January 17, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Oregon poet Brooks Lampe welcomes a strange tranquil newness with his remarkable "Shiver-Morning Baptism".

Tagged baptism, birds, Death, morning, Poem, poet, Poetry, reincarnation, resurrectionLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Autumn Week 10

December 16, 2025December 16, 2025 Trent Thomson

Autumn Week 10 BY LAILA BRAHMBATT

Tagged autumn, fall, ipomoea, morning, Seasonal, weekly haiku autumn fall, wiltLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Patrick Trombly – Betsy

October 19, 2025October 17, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Re-emerging poet Patrick Trombly wakes us up and smears us with light and disarray with his postmodern poem "Betsy".

Tagged awaken, God, Gratitude, Light, morning, Morning Poem, Poem, poet, Poetry, thankfulness, wake, wakingLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Dolo Diaz – Morning Walk in the Marsh

September 21, 2025September 20, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

In "Morning Walk in the Marsh" poet Dolo Diaz pulls the quiet hush of gently stirring nature over us like a soft quilt.

Tagged dawn, marsh, morning, Morning Poem, nature, nature poem, nature poetry, Poem, poet, Poetry, Stillness, wakingLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Adam Oyster-Sands – Sunrise Over the Willamette

August 24, 2025August 24, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Adam Oyster-Sands' "Sunrise Over the Willamette" is a rejuvenating poem, reminding us that the world is beautiful, despite everything.

Tagged healing, Light, morning, Morning Poem, Poem, poet, Poetry, rejuvenation, resurrection, sun, sunlight, sunrise, wellnessLeave a comment
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Lily Tobias – Dawn Diminutive

May 18, 2025May 16, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

The simple purity of Lily Tobias' "Dawn Diminutive" is an elegant invitation to slow down and witness the honeyed radiance of morning.

Tagged dawn, Light, Meditation, morning, Optimism, Poem, poet, Poetry, Simplicity, slow living, time, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Haley Neddermann – blue

April 13, 2025April 10, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Emerging poet Haley Neddermann awakens us all from cold slumber into the sacred glory of the natural world with her poem "blue".

Tagged awaken, Blue, morning, nature, nature worship, Poem, poet, Poetry, spring, thaw2 Comments
Featured Poetry

Bethany Reid – Morning at Glen Cove

April 30, 2023April 28, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Like the Psalm that opens her poem, Bethany Reid invites us to praise and rejoice with her poem "Morning at Glen Cove".

Tagged animals, awaken, Awakening, dawn, morning, Morning Poem, nature, nature writing, Poem, poet, Poetry, praise, waking, wildlifeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Katie Jones – Morning

March 20, 2022March 18, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

A fresh, new, and powerful voice in poetry, Katie Jones offers a morning poem, awakening on a very human world desperately imposing itself on natural orders.

Tagged civilization, constructs, ecology, environment, humanity, morning, Morning Poem, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, sunLeave a comment
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Xiaoly Li – Light Breaks the Barrier

February 6, 2022February 5, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

In the quiet hush of morning, poet Xiaoly Li highlights connection and harmony among opposing forces, even while a storm looms in the near future.

Tagged conflict, connection, harmony, Interconnectedness, morning, peace, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment

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