In her poem "Mutual Mass", Drema Drudge introduces us to a god who takes solace in her pilgrims in the way they take solace in her.
Tag: Poetry
Patrick Trombly – Betsy
Re-emerging poet Patrick Trombly wakes us up and smears us with light and disarray with his postmodern poem "Betsy".
Neil Flory – ostinati
Poet and classical pianist Neil Flory breaks the cold hush of an autumnal moment in his sparse "ostinati".
Carsten Czarnecki – Hunter’s Curse & Cure
With primal surrealism, poet Carsten Czarnecki serves as a guide into a sort of dark mysticism in his poem "Hunter's Curse & Cure".
Moudi Sbeity – May You Wake with Goodness
With their poem "May You Wake with Goodness", Lebanese-American poet Moudi Sbeity extends the kindness of an Arabic blessing.
Dolo Diaz – Morning Walk in the Marsh
In "Morning Walk in the Marsh" poet Dolo Diaz pulls the quiet hush of gently stirring nature over us like a soft quilt.
Topher Shields – Toolbox: Inherited Instruments
"Toolbox: Inherited Instruments" is a six-sequence poem of raw ancestral sacredness wielded by Aotearoa (New Zealand) poet Topher Shields.
Aviyah Abrams – Soul-Cloud of a Son
With her three-part poem "Soul-Cloud of a Son", poet Aviyah Abrams wanders the tragic contours of loss through the radiance of verse.
Pamela Wax – Dear Mayor
The prose poem "Dear Mayor" by Massachusetts poet Pamela Wax immerses us in layers of spiritual practice, grief, loss, and longing.
Mary Oliver – To Begin With, the Sweetgrass
Great wisdom may be addition by subtraction - by releasing our preoccupation with individual identity, we enter a vast and bountiful connection with all of life.