Todd Copeland

Hibernal

Todd Copeland reflects on darkness.

Richard Schiffman

Hope (A Zen Perspective)

A poem about having hope for now, not “an appetite for this or that concocted future.”

Caitlin Mackenzie

Shapelessness of Violence

n this poem, Caitlin Mackenzie poetically demonstrates that violence causes a diminished view of humanity and creation, and thus we must constantly seek to see wholeness.

Janet Sunderland

Standing at the Top of the Lane

In this poem, Janet Sunderland powerfully connects an encounter with the natural world to the everyday darkness of death and war and hopelessness.