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    ENERGY MANAGEMENT: How to control the flow of your energy—even as a sensitive person

    Two young female friends drinking coffee on chairs outdoors - Healthy Self-Alignment: How Mindfulness Can Lead You There

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    Bird footprints in snow - 4 Soothing Poems, Including ”Sacred Heart, Sacred Light”

    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks and more

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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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    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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    Hands against background of a heart - Travelling With Intention: Why Is It So Important?

    NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH: Moving through the world with intention

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

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Dawn sky - sunrise

POEM BY ANDRE GREEN: Image of Man

Contributing Writer·November 9, 2012
Waterfall running over rocks

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Atammayata, Sunken Garden and more

George Cassidy Payne·October 5, 2021
Fireworks over river - The Combination poem

POEM BY KATYA BITAR: The Combination

Contributor·February 5, 2014
Single flower in cloudy field - Poems by George Payne

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Way of Zen, Storytellers, Sensual Machine, The Plantation, Passing Through

George Cassidy Payne·October 20, 2018
nature green letter to pauline

A LETTER TO PAULINE: Because I Loved Her So

Contributing Writer·January 7, 2012
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
Trampled flowers

Poems by Tihana Skoric: I Cannot, A Love Denied

Contributing Writer·October 12, 2015
Snowflakes falling at night

POEMS BY REBECCA SHEA: One Thousand Snowflakes, Elsewhere

Rebecca Shea·July 4, 2020
volcano eruption - POEM BY JOHN PTACEK

POEM BY JOHN PTACEK: I Erupt

Contributing Writer·July 20, 2013
Shadows of four men social distancing

PEOPLE ARE SCARY: Poetry by Trude Witham

Trude Witham·April 24, 2020
Columbine flowers against dark sky in Colorado - Poems by Ji Strangeway

POEMS BY JI STRANGEWAY: Bows, Among the Fields, First, Healer, The Welcoming

Ji Strangeway·November 28, 2017
White candle being burned

POEMS BY DEBI LEWIS: Body Language, Reacting Inappropriately, Going Underground

Debi Lewis·April 8, 2022
Forget-me-nots

POEMS BY RAPHAEL BLOCK: Resurgent, Roots, In Slowness

Raphael Block·February 11, 2021
Owl outside wooden barn - 3 Powerful Heartfelt Poems, Including "Yellow Brick Road"

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Because I Brought You Here, Yellow Brick Road and more

Carolyn Chilton Casas·June 14, 2024
Donkey braying

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

Ellen Rowland·July 17, 2020
Painting by Max Reif

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Testament on the Last Day of 2020 and three more

Max Reif·January 4, 2021
max rabbit hole grey

POEMS BY MAX REIF: A Cry From Down the Rabbit Hole in the Time of the Pandemic and more

Max Reif·August 6, 2020
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
Person walking on stony beach

POEMS BY RACHEL MILLER: Meditation, The Directing Mind, How We Love Ourselves

Rachel Miller·March 6, 2022
Father and daughter wading at beach - Poems by Ryan Warren

POEMS BY RYAN WARREN: Reception, Peel Away One Strip, Settlers

Contributor·February 12, 2016
Solitary man looking out at lake - Poems by Mike Larcombe

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: The Moment of Life, Two by Two, The Blame Game, What Really Comes From Me, Old Smokey

Mike Larcombe·January 20, 2019
Forest in autumn

POEMS BY CHELSEA FRISBEE: Rising as One, Boundless Love, A Life in a Place

Chelsea Frisbee·July 10, 2020
moon-stars-sunrise-peace-beach

POEMS BY JOSHUA BREWER: Moon Illusion, Buffalo River Aposiopesis, Morning Sunlight

Contributing Writer·August 30, 2012
Statue of man with head in hands - Poems by Mike Larcombe

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: Christmas Feeling, Thoughts, Conscious Selfishness

Mike Larcombe·September 17, 2017
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