In this unique take on spring, Sarah Spradlin reveals its true nature in her poem “Spring is Not Gentle.”

Join Patricia Joslin as she gardens through pain and memories in “Stanley Kunitz and Me in the Garden.”

Hannah Christmas explores her own secret garden after the final snow in “Thaw.”

In “A Mustard Seed,” Janice M. Gibson declares heavenly beauty in transformation.

In her poetry pairing, “The Seed” and “The Gardener,” Kim Butler plays with various points of view in God’s garden.

In her thought-provoking poem “Beloved,” Carissa Early draws us into the depth of human love.

Sue Fulmore knows what it is to be buried under other people’s expectations, as she explores what it means to “Bloom Where You Are Planted.”

In her sonnet, “Till,” Desi Ana Sartini reminds us that the tilling of our soul is the most important work.

In “Gethsemane,” Julia McMullen intertwines suffering and redemption through prayer.

“By Any Other Name,” Corie Preston describes the first flower to spring after the long, harsh winter.

In “I Think of Eden,” Rebecca J. Gomez dreams of glimmering sunshine on a cool morning.

In his poem “In the Wilderness,” Nathaniel Evans leads us on a journey through the barren desert of loss in search of new life, new hope, and a God who can cause shoots to spring forth from dry dirt.

In “Ivy and Oak,” Abbi Bodager’s beautiful imagery inspires us to reflect on our own connections with nature. In her poem “The Gardener,” we are reminded of the Creator God who lovingly prunes us to make us more and more in his image.

“Step Into the Light” by Megan J. Conner is a call to each of us to step out of the darkness and despair of life’s many struggles and into God’s glorious light.

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.