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Tag: Silence

Featured Poetry

Drema Drudge – Mutual Mass

October 26, 2025October 24, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

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.

Tagged connection, fellowship, God, human experience, Poem, poet, Poetry, purpose, Silence, Solace, wearyLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Winter Week 7

February 17, 2025January 30, 2025 Trent Thomson

Winter Week 7 BY IAN D. CAMPBELL

Tagged finch, Haiku, Silence, snow, winterLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Gary Fox – Dissolve

February 16, 2025February 14, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

"Dissolve" by poet Gary Fox is a place poem, woven with the interplay of stillness and motion, light emptying into darkness.

Tagged birds, fading, Light, nature, night, nightfall, Poem, poet, Poetry, Silence, Stillness1 Comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Winter Week 3

January 24, 2025January 17, 2025 Trent Thomson

Winter Week 3 BY MORAG ELIZABETH HUMBLE

Tagged Haiku, nature, paw prints, rain, Silence, winter1 Comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Winter Week 2

January 20, 2025January 17, 2025 Trent Thomson

Winter Week 2 BY DOMINIC DULIN

Tagged Haiku, nature, paw prints, rain, Silence, winterLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Winter Week 1

January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 Trent Thomson

Winter Week 1 BY AGNES CARTRY

Tagged Haiku, Light, nature, Silence, winterLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Tsultrim Nyi-O – Silence

April 7, 2024April 6, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Buddhist practitioner and chaplain Tsultrim Nyi-O offers readers a selection of Zen haiku tidbits, which leave us transcendent.

Tagged Buddhism, buddhist philosophy, Buddhist poetry, Haiku, Meditation, Poem, poet, Poetry, Silence, Stillness, Zen2 Comments
Brother David Steindl Rast
Book Bits

‘How Can I Best Serve the World?’: Brother David Steindl-Rast on Finding Our True Vocation

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Vanessa Able

Brother David on doing what you love, being aware of your gifts, and bringing your best self to the table.

Tagged bliss, discernment, gifts, Gratitude, Longing, Silence, vocation, WisdomLeave a comment
Archibald Macleish
Poetry

Archibald Macleish – Ars Poetica

June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Vanessa Able

A reflection on the silence, stillness and powerful presence of poetry by one of the 21st century's leading modernist poets.

Tagged Advice, Poetry, reflection, Silence, StillnessLeave a comment
Mount Toubkal
Way-Seeking Mind

Breathing

April 19, 2022April 18, 2022 Vanessa Able

BY SONIA TRICKEY We began our ascent of the South Cirque at 5:20am. Snow had fallen thickly overnight, the path was invisible and it was very dark. Most of us had barely slept.

Tagged grief, hiking, landscape, morocco, mountains, nature, SilenceLeave a comment

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