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Featured Poetry

Adam Oyster-Sands – Sunrise Over the Willamette

August 24, 2025August 24, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Adam Oyster-Sands' "Sunrise Over the Willamette" is a rejuvenating poem, reminding us that the world is beautiful, despite everything.

Featured Poetry

Bradley Samore – After a Day of Others’ Demands

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Zen-like in its purposeful simplicity, poet Bradley Samore has made us something humble and wholesome with his poem, "After a Day of Others' Demands".

“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?
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.
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.
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