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Featured Poetry

Constance Clark – Why I Stop & Stare

April 26, 2026April 25, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Constance Clark treats readers to springtime interconnectedness and abundance with her masterful "Why I Stop & Stare".

Tagged abundance, ko, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, rebirth, renewal, sekki, spring, springtime1 Comment
Weekly Haiku

A Year of Kō: 5th Sekki

April 22, 2026April 25, 2026 Trent Thomson

5th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, SHERRY WEAVER SMITH and COLEMAN DAVIS

Tagged calendar, Haiku, ko, micro seasons, Poem, Poetry, Seasonal, spring, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Maureen Martinez – How to Pass as a Woman of Faith

April 19, 2026April 17, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Emerging poet Maureen Martinez slows us down for a moment with her hybrid prose poem "How to Pass as a Woman of Faith".

Tagged breathing, faith, forgiveness, generosity, Meditation, Moon, moonlight, Poem, poet, Poetry, religion, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jeremy Giles – Grass Field We Named Beach

April 12, 2026April 10, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Like a fistful of sand scattered across white space, poet Jeremy Giles leans into experimentalism in his poem "Grass Field We Named Beach".

Tagged climate, experimental, experimental poetry, experimentalism, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, postmodern, postmodernism, white-out poetryLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

A Year of Kō: 4th Sekki

April 7, 2026April 7, 2026 Trent Thomson

4th Sekki poems by JOYCE RITCHIE, DIANA LIVI and VIRGINIA FOLGER

Tagged calendar, Haiku, hot, ko, micro seasons, Poem, Poetry, Seasonal, spring, ZenLeave a comment
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
Poetry

Roshi Joan Halifax and The Way of Haiku

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 Trent Thomson

A collection of haiku offered by Roshi Joan Halifax.

Tagged autumn, Buddhism, fall, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, seasons, upaya, Zen2 Comments
Weekly Haiku

A Year of Kō: 3rd Sekki

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 Trent Thomson

3rd Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, LAILA BRAHMBHATT, WILLIAM KILGORE

Tagged calendar, Haiku, hot, ko, micro seasons, Poem, Poetry, Seasonal, spring, 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
Featured Poetry

Roderick Wilson – Practicing Resurrection

March 15, 2026March 14, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

New York poet Roderick Wilson wipes the snow from the threadbare conclusion of wintertime, on the cusp of transition.

Tagged Belief, growth, Poem, poet, Poetry, resurrection, spring, springtime, survival, winterLeave a comment

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