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Tag: Spirituality

Featured Poetry

Sarah Reichert – Divine Struggle

June 7, 2026June 6, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Colorado poet Sarah Reichart shows how kinetic and arduous the search for faith can be with her poem "Divine Struggle".

Tagged celestial, divine, frailty, hope, human experience, Poem, poet, Poetry, religion, Spirituality, Stars, struggleLeave 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

Topher Shields – Toolbox: Inherited Instruments

September 14, 2025September 13, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

"Toolbox: Inherited Instruments" is a six-sequence poem of raw ancestral sacredness wielded by Aotearoa (New Zealand) poet Topher Shields.

Tagged ancestors, ancestral, ancestry, legacy, memory, Poem, poet, Poetry, Queer, queer poetry, ritual, sacredness, spiritual, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Pamela Wax – Dear Mayor

August 31, 2025August 30, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

The prose poem "Dear Mayor" by Massachusetts poet Pamela Wax immerses us in layers of spiritual practice, grief, loss, and longing.

Tagged balance, Death, Devotion, grief, Longing, loss, Meditation, Poem, poet, Poetry, spiritual, Spiritual Practice, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Erik Manuel Soto – Séance Under a Lunar Eclipse

March 23, 2025March 21, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Witness how endings give way to change through the serpentine form of Erik Manuel Soto's "Séance Under a Lunar Eclipse".

Tagged Aztec, change, Death, growth, Latin America, mexico, night, Poem, poet, Poetry, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jo Matthews – And what about prayers

February 11, 2024February 8, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

In her powerful three-part poem "And what about prayers", poet Jo Matthews explores the potential and constraints of prayer and faith.

Tagged doubt, faith, God, healing, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, prayers, praying, religion, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Christie Gardiner – Faith, perhaps

December 17, 2023December 14, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

In Christie Gardiner's "Faith, perhaps", she shines the yellow-green glow of fireflies on the struggle to retain holiness in one's life.

Tagged battle, doubt, faith, God, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, sacredness, Spirituality, war1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Joanne Alfano – Hope

September 24, 2023September 21, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Positively radiant, Joanne Alfano's "Hope" is a poem that crashes through darkness with its opening lines like a clarion call.

Tagged celebration, faith, Faith and practice, journey, Poem, poet, Poetry, religion, seeking, Spirituality1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Susan Coultrap-McQuin – Sunday Morning at the Cabin Up North

March 26, 2023March 23, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Susan Coultrap-McQuin shows us nature's sacredness with her poem "Sunday Morning at the Cabin Up North".

Tagged blessing, divinity, holiness, nature, nature writing, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, serenity, Spirituality, Tranquility, Zen1 Comment
Virginia Woolf
Book Bits

‘When the Lights of Health Go Down’- Virginia Woolf on Being Ill

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 Vanessa Able

Virginia Woolf on our relationship to illness, its potential spiritual value, and the mysterious intelligence of the body.

Tagged Body, health, illness, interruption, language, Literature, Mind, perception, SpiritualityLeave a comment

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- BOOK BITS -

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  • Thich Nhat Hanh
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    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
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- POETRY-

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  • A Year of Kō: 14th Sekki
    14th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, SHAOMEI YU and ELLIOT DIAMOND
  • 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
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