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Tag: Zen

Weekly Haiku

A Year of Kō: 5th Sekki

April 22, 2026April 25, 2026 Trent Thomson

5th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, SHERRY WEAVER SMITH and COLEMAN DAVIS

Tagged calendar, Haiku, ko, micro seasons, Poem, Poetry, Seasonal, spring, ZenLeave a comment
Micro Gallery

Objects of Contemplation

April 20, 2026April 25, 2026 Vanessa Able

Loretta Staples' series of artworks created at a Zen center are filled with mysterious resonance and connection.

Tagged art, connection, contemplation, drawing, meaning, Meditation, painting, ZenLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

A Year of Kō: 4th Sekki

April 7, 2026April 7, 2026 Trent Thomson

4th Sekki poems by JOYCE RITCHIE, DIANA LIVI and VIRGINIA FOLGER

Tagged calendar, Haiku, hot, ko, micro seasons, Poem, Poetry, Seasonal, spring, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Lily Tobias – Fennel

April 5, 2026April 4, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

In her poem "Fennel", Michigan poet Lily Tobias awakens our senses in the quiet hush of morning, and takes us to the temple.

Tagged garden, Meditation, memory, nature, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, posture, temple, winter, ZenLeave a comment
Poetry

Roshi Joan Halifax and The Way of Haiku

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 Trent Thomson

A collection of haiku offered by Roshi Joan Halifax.

Tagged autumn, Buddhism, fall, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, seasons, upaya, Zen2 Comments
Weekly Haiku

A Year of Kō: 3rd Sekki

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 Trent Thomson

3rd Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, LAILA BRAHMBHATT, WILLIAM KILGORE

Tagged calendar, Haiku, hot, ko, micro seasons, Poem, Poetry, Seasonal, spring, ZenLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

A Year of Kō: 2nd Sekki

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 Trent Thomson

2nd Sekki poems by FRANCES SCOTT, IRENE APOSTOLERIS and SARAH GILL.

Tagged calendar, Haiku, hot, ko, micro seasons, Poem, Poetry, Seasonal, spring, ZenLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

A Year of Kō: 1st Sekki

February 23, 2026February 27, 2026 Trent Thomson

1st Sekki poems by JAMES PENHA, ELENA BRENNEMAN and BRAM B. BRIGGANCE

Tagged cold, heat, hot, Hot and cold, Poem, Poetry, ZenLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Transition Haiku

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 Trent Thomson

Transition Haiku BY REV. GENJO TRE WILLIAMS

Tagged cold, heat, hot, Hot and cold, Poem, Poetry, ZenLeave a comment
Thich Nhat Hanh
Book Bits

The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing

January 22, 2026January 20, 2026 Vanessa Able

Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.

Tagged Buddhism, Emptiness, existence, Experience, interbeing, nothingness, separate self, sunyata, Zen3 Comments

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    5th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, SHERRY WEAVER SMITH and COLEMAN DAVIS
  • Maureen Martinez – How to Pass as a Woman of Faith
    Emerging poet Maureen Martinez slows us down for a moment with her hybrid prose poem "How to Pass as a Woman of Faith".
  • Jeremy Giles – Grass Field We Named Beach
    Like a fistful of sand scattered across white space, poet Jeremy Giles leans into experimentalism in his poem "Grass Field We Named Beach".
  • A Year of Kō: 4th Sekki
    4th Sekki poems by JOYCE RITCHIE, DIANA LIVI and VIRGINIA FOLGER
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