Field Notes and Reflections from Shanley Smith On Monday I saw my first chipmunk of the season. She had decided today was worth exiting...

A reflection by Mitch Van Acker People talk of their gut instinct as if trusting it were something to do only in desperation, on a whim,...

A reflection by Jenna Griffin.

A reflection by Jenna Griffin “I don’t always remember to write about my homes because when you live there, everything feels normal in a...

A Reflection by Michael Stone “… & memory strives to augment his ruthfulness …” - William Blake, The Four Zoas: Night the Eighth We...

A reflection on birds, migration, and grief amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic in March 2020. By Shanley Smith.

Exploring the senses in an Eastern Orthodox Church By Jenna Griffin “What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen...

By Safia Hattab i ate a fig today i ripped my arm out of bed, reached across the wood of the nightstand and grabbed a single fig sticky...

A moment to speak of body image, the climate crisis, and willow trees. By Shanley Smith Truth be told, I once wanted someone to compare...

A reflection on women, and the feminine embraced and resisted. By Kellyanne Fitzgerald “A man’s presence is dependent upon the promise of...

By Michael Stone Love and war are both marked by obsession, brutality, jealousy and pride, mirroring each other indefinitely. You wonder...

By Jolie Smith War I’ve found many decaying things on the shore of the Great Lakes. Skeletons of char and trout, old forgotten teeth....

An exploration of an alternative life. By Jolie Smith "We don’t really know it, but we sense it: there is a sister ship to our life which...

A reinvigoration, criticism, and ode to the classic New Year's Resolution: By Kellyanne Fitzgerald January 1st has come and gone, and by...

Lyrical dwellings on the season through reflection and prayer. By Kellyanne Fitzgerald Part 1: diary september 27 - my family has had...

Introducing Dimly Lit's first collection: Adventus.

Jolie Smith explores the idea of home: past and present versions of the place, and dwells on the act of leaving and arriving these...