Regina Gort-Betances' "(Mother) Bear" is a wild and mournful study of loss and grief, written on a canvas of bone, blood, and root.
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Deja Carr – We Held Hands in Prayers, Then I Forgot You
Deja Carr, poet and musician, creates a altar to gratitude and mixed blessings with her "We Held Hands in Prayers, Then I Forgot You".
Constance Clark – Why I Stop & Stare
Poet Constance Clark treats readers to springtime interconnectedness and abundance with her masterful "Why I Stop & Stare".
Maureen Martinez – How to Pass as a Woman of Faith
Emerging poet Maureen Martinez slows us down for a moment with her hybrid prose poem "How to Pass as a Woman of Faith".
Jeremy Giles – Grass Field We Named Beach
Like a fistful of sand scattered across white space, poet Jeremy Giles leans into experimentalism in his poem "Grass Field We Named Beach".
Lily Tobias – Fennel
In her poem "Fennel", Michigan poet Lily Tobias awakens our senses in the quiet hush of morning, and takes us to the temple.
Roshi Joan Halifax and The Way of Haiku
A collection of haiku offered by Roshi Joan Halifax.
Gary Keenan – Big Day
Writing from the Colombian Andes, poet Gary Keenan's poem "Big Day" is a chaotic cacophony collapsing into the soft rosy amber of stillness.
Roderick Wilson – Practicing Resurrection
New York poet Roderick Wilson wipes the snow from the threadbare conclusion of wintertime, on the cusp of transition.
Homa Mojadidi – Submission
Afghan-American poet Homa Mojadidi manifests the magnitude and all-encompassing power of reverence and divinity with her poem "Submission".