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Featured Poetry

Amanda Niamh Dawson – Prayer for a Mantis

November 5, 2023November 2, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

An encounter with a praying mantis on a doorstep becomes a lesson in compassion and gratitude in Amanda Niamh Dawson's "Prayer for a Mantis".

Tagged blessing, Compassion, Gratitude, mantis, mindfulness, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, praying mantis4 Comments
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Judy Mathews – After Weeks Without Rain in Northwest Ohio

September 10, 2023September 7, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

"After Weeks Without Rain in Northwest Ohio" by poet Judy Mathews is an offering or a prayer to the natural blessings of a place.

Tagged nature, nature worship, offering, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, prayer beads, rain, stormLeave 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

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, trails3 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
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Brandon James O’Neil – City Adhan

August 28, 2022September 1, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Hinged on the image of Muslim cab driver finding a moment of serenity in communion with God in the chaos of New York City, Brandon James O'Neil's "City Adhan" offers readers that same serenity.

Tagged faith, God, New York City, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, religion, Spirituality, urban lifeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Nicole Grace – One Note

May 22, 2022May 15, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Nicole Grace's "One Note" is a sensory exploration of contemplation, alive with natural and meditative imagery.

Tagged connection, harmony, Interconnectedness, Meditation, nature, Om, oneness, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Patrice Bavos – Sedona Prayer

May 15, 2022May 12, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

New Jersey poet Patrice Bavos offers a gracious praise poem of a spiritual place with her lovely "Sedona Prayer".

Tagged desert, history, homage, nature, ode, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, sacred3 Comments
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Rooja Mohassessy – Intoxicated by Verses

January 23, 2022January 22, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Iranian-born poet Rooja Mohassessy presents readers a work of luscious language, devotion, wonder, faith, and also disillusionment.

Tagged disillusion, God, illumination, Islam, loss, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, UnderstandingLeave a comment
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Spence Pfleiderer – A Simple Morning Prayer

January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

The aptly-named A Simple Morning Prayer pleads for understanding and love, for connection and illumination in a handful of terse lines. This piece is evidence that a poem need not be complex or long-winded to be a thing of authentic beauty and power.

Tagged connection, God, illumination, love, morning, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, Simplicity, Understanding, ZenLeave a comment

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