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    Boat with lantern floating in stormy water - The Path to Inner Simplicity Starts With Mindfulness

    THE PATH OF INNER SIMPLICITY: Knowing stillness in the heart of the storm

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    OUR WORLD IS COMING APART AT THE SEAMS: But we can save it with kindness

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    3 LIFE LESSONS FROM BREAKFAST: What eating breakfast taught me about mindful living

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    Full moon behind a rural house - “Sturgeon Moon” and 3 Other Poems With Passion

    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Sturgeon Moon, That Morning In Athens and more

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    MINDFUL LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Empowering leaders to create positive change

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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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    Malecon in La Paz, Mexico - Back on American Soil: A Safe Return Home From La Paz

    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

    Facebook on laptop in La Paz hotel room - NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico

    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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Lone man - Poems by R. Gerry Fabian

POEMS BY R. GERRY FABIAN: Dated Evidence, Mistaken Identity

Contributor·March 23, 2014
Open hands - Poems by Max Reif

POEMS BY MAX REIF: A Political Map of the Poet’s Insides, Putting My Questions to the Trees, California Autumn Poem, The Open Hand and the Closed Fist

Max Reif·January 1, 2014
Donkey braying

POEMS BY ELLEN ROWLAND: Sacred Space Nonet, Simple Logic, Bray

Ellen Rowland·July 17, 2020
Train going down city street that's crowded with people walking - 3 Poems, Including "My Scattered Tribe"

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: My Scattered Tribe, Fearing the Deer and more

Mike Larcombe·September 1, 2023
Trampled flowers

Poems by Tihana Skoric: I Cannot, A Love Denied

Contributing Writer·October 12, 2015
Young woman sitting on windowsill

POEMS BY JULIE LEWIS: Shame, Inertia, Ceaseless Conclusion

Julie Lewis·October 2, 2020
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POEMS BY SUMMER FANOUS: Autumn Leaves and Survival of the Squirrel

Contributor·December 14, 2012
Stone birdbath in the rain

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: When the Bird-Woman Is Away and more

John Grey·July 6, 2020
Red rose on ice on snowy day - Poems by B.S. Dixon

POEMS BY B.S. DIXON: Temptation, The Trespasser, Reunion, For Jeanne

B.S. Dixon·March 29, 2019
Boat with no oars washed up on shore - Spiritual poems of Rumi

SPIRITUAL POEMS OF RUMI: Once Again, I Went to the Doctor, Out There You’ll Find, I Was Ready to Tell, Poor Human Never Learned

Contributor·March 3, 2018
Newspaper, coffee and water glass

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: The Globes, February, A Bird of a Different Feather, The Newspaper

John Grey·May 31, 2019
Dark clouds in stormy sky

POEMS BY Tihana Skoric: Underwater, Good Morrow

Contributing Writer·August 8, 2015
Bowl of raspberries and blueberries

POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: 10 haiku about appreciating life in the present moment

James Farwell·June 5, 2021
Waterfall running over rocks

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Atammayata, Sunken Garden and more

George Cassidy Payne·October 5, 2021
New York City street in autumn - Queens Vision 1983

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Queens Vision, 1983; ’50s Parents; Soup

Max Reif·April 22, 2017
POEMS BY DANIEL BARBARE: Oysters on the Half Shell, At Myrtle Beach,The Jewelry Store

POEMS BY DANIEL BARBARE: Oysters on the Half Shell, At Myrtle Beach,The Jewelry Store

Contributor·December 3, 2012
afterglow - poems by mark nettles

POEMS BY MARK W. NETTLES: Another Statistic; Death Springs To Life; Healthy Tum, Happy We (Exodus 23:11)

Contributing Writer·January 31, 2013
The Day of the Dead celebrators in costumes

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: For the Day of the Dead, War Front, The One Flower

John Grey·March 26, 2021
Hills of Sedona, Arizona

POEMS BY DIANA RAAB: Loneliness Redux, Visiting Sedona and more

Diana Raab·October 15, 2022
Close-up of leaves on ground

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Where the Gods Dwell, I Need my Used Bookstore and more

George Cassidy Payne·July 26, 2019
Full moon behind a rural house - “Sturgeon Moon” and 3 Other Poems With Passion

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Sturgeon Moon, That Morning In Athens and more

George Cassidy Payne·January 1, 2026
Rainbow out window

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: A poetic response to the global pandemic

Max Reif·March 17, 2020
beautiful blue dawn - poems

POEMS BY R. CHRISTOPHE RYBER: Ascension, On a Dark Night, Synchronicity

Contributing Writer·May 16, 2013
Washburn, Illinois tornado - Poems by Max Reif

POEMS BY MAX REIF: With Trump It’s Come to This, Morning Ablutions, Domestic Revelation

Max Reif·March 23, 2018
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