Dr. Karen Swallow Prior, author and professor, writes about the tender gifts of everyday miracles in her poem, “Of the Smaller Miracles.”

Award-winning poet Nicholas Trandahl writes about the majestic outdoors and the spiritual awakenings found within and without in “Cabin Sketches” and other poems.

In his poem “The Slow Craft of Poetry,” Joshua T. Baylis not only challenges but guides us in the way of expressing nature’s beauty on the page.

Tanner Olson, poet and founder of Written to Speak, pens a modern prayer for you, in his moving poem, “I Said Your Name to God.”

Michael Stalcup writes about the loss of wonder in modernity and his beloved homeland in “Walking in the King’s Park” and other nature poems.

In “Flesh and Bones and Branches,” poet Riley Morsman exalts nature, wonder, and poetry in her haunting and moving lines.

Jenna Wysong Filbrun explores her inner feelings and the world around her in “Instruction on Lasting,” “Dead Weight?” and “Pileated Woodpeckers.” 

In “All Hallowed,” poet Ashley Sposato meditates on the winter scene within and without as she finds herself delighting in these thin spaces.

Follow Edward L. Holmes II, poet and podcaster, as he journeys into the wilderness with audacious hope in his poem “Verdant.”

In her poetry, a multi-perspective entitled “Perspective in Yosemite,” poet and artist Kate Lab considers the mountains and trees and the deep meaning we can find when we understand who created these natural beauties.

Deborah Rutherford, poet and podcaster, explores the themes of faith, self-revelation, and wonder in her nature-driven poetry, like “American Landscape” and others.

Follow Bethany Colas into the woods as she seeks to learn from the trees in her beautiful poem entitled “Lament.”

Bethany Peck tells the tale of tragedy and the unexpected places the wild meets us in our journey toward peace and healing in her powerful prose poem “Road Stop Refuge.”

Elizabeth Wickland explores light before darkness in a new season in “Shining Slant,” “Mother Nature,” and “For the Love of Winter.”

In her prose poem, “Autumn Ode to an Acorn,” Heather Lobe Johnson finds herself in the story of an acorn, as she reminisces about the past and looks toward the future.

In her powerful poem, “In the Presence of My Enemies,” Mary Folkerts writes a Psalm 23-inspired meditation about how God meets her in her darkest moments with his abundance.