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Tag: Solace

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
All About Love

The Invitation

July 13, 2024July 13, 2024 Vanessa Able

Inviting joy through the divine sound of songs; while singing them for solace. BY CHRISTI KRUG

Tagged blues, divine sound, invitation, Joy, love song, music, prayer, Solace, Song, spiritual music, zebra finchLeave a comment
David Whyte
Book Bits

Solace, Courage and Asking the Beautiful Question

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Vanessa Able

According to David Whyte, solace is the art of asking the beautiful and often difficult question of ourselves, something that also requires courage.

Tagged Consolation, Courage, Disappointment, grief, Heart, loss, love, Participation, questions, SolaceLeave a comment

TOP POSTS

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- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
  • Ray Bradbury
    Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

  • Riley Danvers – [Soma]tic
    Oregon poet Riley Danvers reveals what it means to be human in a painful state of flux in her avant-garde [Soma]tic.
  • Phach Huynh – Traces
    Ho Chi Minh City poet Phach Huynh reveals all the stories and presences which are held in the lonely silences with his masterful "Traces".
  • A Year of Kō: 14th Sekki
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  • Halina Goldstein – How to Play the Gong
    Spiritual teacher and poet Halina Goldstein unfolds a rhythm of vibrancy, glory, and emptiness with her poem "How to Play the Gong".
  • A Year of Kō: 13th Sekki
    13th Sekki poems by BENJAMIN TANNER LLOYD, SHAOMEI YU and ELLIOT DIAMOND
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