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Featured Poetry

Michael Grimwood – God Ecology

May 28, 2023May 25, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Michael Grimwood takes readers on a journey into divine realms of leaf, blossom, and holiness with his imaginative poem "God Ecology".

Tagged adventure, fantasy, fauna, flora, God, growth, holiness, magic, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, wild, wildnessLeave a comment
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Why I Write: Jenna Wysong Filbrun

May 13, 2023May 13, 2023 Vanessa Able

In the wake of her new collection, Away, we reached out to poet Jenna Wysong Filbrun to find out more about her motivations and process.

Tagged change, connection, earth, faith, Happiness, loss, nature, Poetry, prayer, Reality, Writing2 Comments
Featured Poetry

Jenna Wysong Filbrun – Aspiration

May 7, 2023May 4, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Jenna Wysong Filbrun reminds us that we have so much to learn from the natural world, with her poem "Aspiration".

Tagged Aspiration, aspire, learning, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, time, tree, TreesLeave a comment
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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

Mary McGinnis – Trail Prayer

April 9, 2023April 7, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Just in time for springtime, New Mexico poet Mary McGinnis beckons us out into great outdoors with her poem "Trail Prayer".

Tagged friendship, life, nature, outdoors, paths, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, spring, trails2 Comments
Featured Poetry

Christian Ward – Heron, Returning

April 2, 2023March 30, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Christian Ward's heron, which serves as his poem's centerpiece, weathers the turmoil of life, awaiting much-needed change.

Tagged change, discipline, distraction, Meditation, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, Stillness, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Susan Coultrap-McQuin – Sunday Morning at the Cabin Up North

March 26, 2023March 23, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Susan Coultrap-McQuin shows us nature's sacredness with her poem "Sunday Morning at the Cabin Up North".

Tagged blessing, divinity, holiness, nature, nature writing, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, serenity, Spirituality, Tranquility, Zen1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Ronán P. Berry – On The Mountain of Forth

March 19, 2023March 12, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

"On The Mountain of Forth" is Irish poet Ronán P. Berry's anthem of the natural and wild world and what could even be considered enlightenment.

Tagged awareness, Ireland, Irish, mountain, mountains, nature, nature writing, Poem, poet, Poetry, Self, self-awarenessLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Mike Christie – Knock Knock Knock

March 5, 2023March 2, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

A narrative of a woodpecker at work on a tree expands to the oneness of all things in Mike Christie's "Knock Knock Knock".

Tagged community, connection, Interconnectedness, nature, oneness, Poem, poet, Poetry, Unity, UniverseLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Aeris Walker – Good and Wild and Wonderful

February 12, 2023February 23, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Aeris Walker's "Good and Wild and Wonderful" is a prose poem of vast enormity, of the creation of all things.

Tagged beauty, birth, Creation, Genesis, life, love, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, prose poemLeave a comment

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