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New York State · New YorkFor Marie Howe, poetry is a form of prayer. “It is a way of quieting down to listen to that still, small voice,” she told Tricycle. “It’s about something ineffable that’s trying to find its way through the poem.” Howe is currently the poet in residence at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Her latest collection, New and Selected Poems, which recently won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Poet…Read Article
‘The Maples’ and Other Poems

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia“Come kneel in front of the statue,” the kindly old monk says to me as he grabs some implements from inside a small cabinet. I follow him over to the main altar, curious about what’s coming next. I’m visiting a small Vietnamese temple in downtown Philadelphia, on a mission to photograph Buddhist institutions across the city. Having just recovered from a severe cold, I ask him how someone in his community might deal with an illness using Buddhist…Read Article
A Brief Introduction to Mahayana Medicine

Cancer · Yellowstone National ParkOne of the biggest things I notice about life with cancer is how it warps my sense of time. I have incurable brain cancer and have no idea how long I will live. Time often feels like a rickety bridge, crumbling behind me. Chemo and other treatments warp time in a different, more acute, manner. Each month during chemo, I move at a snail’s pace for five nights and six days, carefully timing out fasting and taking a plethora of meds. It is a week o…Read Article