Poet Gail Davidson reminds us of the communal aspect of our spiritual journey. “As the Indigo Bunting Flies” tells of the trail markers used to guide others on the physical ascent up the mountain, harkens back to Moses’s role in his people’s journey, and also speaks to the way we can help those who come after us in the sojourn.

In her lush and evocative poem “Thorns and Honey,” Mariana Mosli finds herself in the Garden of Eden as the Lord searches earnestly for her.

In her poem “Creatura," folklorist Ashley Sposato becomes one with nature and the garden, as she explores what it is to be a poem in the ways nature and God offer themselves as poetry.

Alexis Ragan ventures into Gethsemane and the art of liturgy in her poetic mediations, such as “The Prayer Tree” and “An Exhortation of Saints.”

In his deeply moving poem, “Through Grief and Grace," Edward Holmes laments and praises God through a painful loss and his hopes for future gardens.

In “Iron Creek Blues,” Nicholas Trandahl writes of a grounded yet ethereal encounter with nature as Mother Earth and Father God as he delves into the wild gardens of his heart.

In her poems “Mother Tongue of the Father" and “First Intentions,” Deidre Braley imagines what it means to go back to the Garden, as she learns God’s language and the sweet release of his gardens.

In her poems "Vernalization," "On the Existence of Almonds," and "Perennial People," Courtney Moody dreams of peace and harmony as she meditates on what happens in the garden in all seasons.

In “Blooming From the Bones” and “Tulip Petals,” Hayley Rawnsley reflects on the hope of rebirth after desolation brings great loss.

In her poems "Guernica's Garden," "Morning in the Garden," and "Propagation," Elizabeth Wickland inspires patience and connection instead of strife and isolation.

In “The Tree at the Beginning and End of Time,” writer Mark Stucky invites us to return to the garden where it all began and find ourselves in God’s eternal story.