Want an exciting way to start off 2026? Finish writing your next submission! ✏️ We are accepting fiction and nonfiction submissions in January, and seek work that engages in spirituality or humanity. Sound like your writing? Submit it now: tiferet.submittable.com/submit

Writer’s block? We’ve got you. 🤲 Here are spiritual poetry prompts to help you get tapped into source and find your creative flow. For more spiritual poetry, learn about our weekly workshops: tiferetjournal.com/upcoming-eve...

A beautiful reminder of the discovery that can be found in unlearning. Thank you, Jude. 🧡 You can read more work by Jude and other poets in the free digital issue here: tiferetjournal.com/summer-2022-... #poetry #poetrycollection

A beautiful reminder of the discovery that can be found in unlearning. Thank you, Jude. 🧡 You can read more work by Jude and other poets in the free digital issue here:https://tiferetjournal.com/summer-2022-tiferet-journal-issue/ #poetry #poetrycollection

Poets: want to level up your writing? Become a strong performer. 🎙️ We’re excited to offer a new online series with theatre professor Susan Courtney. 🎭 While this current series is in progress, keep an eye out for future offerings! tiferetjournal.com/upcoming-eve... #poetryworkshop

Prose poetry is a fabulous genre for poets who also love the visuals and grounded reality of prose. ✏️ Adele Kenny offers a great explanation in Tiferet’s latest Issue which you can read here: tiferetjournal.com/tiferet-jour... #poetrymagazine

Congrats to Arthur Sze on recently being announced the 2025 US poet laureate! 👏 Listen to Tricycle’s great interview with him for more poetry inspiration. tricycle.org/podcast/arth... 📷 by Sharlett Bravo

This beautiful poem by Tiferet writer and educator Cit Ananda appears in our newest issue, published this spring. Read the free digital issue: tiferetjournal.com/tiferet-jour...

Hafiz was an ancient mystic poet who still has great influence today in the arts and in writing. His writing celebrates love and spirituality, making him a perfect poet for us to learn from in our Spiritual Poetry Workshops. ✨

Congrats to Tiferet author Riki Aiello on being published in the new anthology, Writing Your Life! ✏️🎉 Learn more here: writingyourlife.org/shop/ #writingcommunity

This weekend’s poetry reading is now available online to enjoy! It features our talented Spiritual Poetry Workshop writers, who craft these gems often within only ten minutes. Watch the full reading watch here: youtu.be/ZLeGw0Vkt1g?... #spiritualpoetry #poetryreading #poetryworkshop

Having some writer’s block? ✏️ Prompts, especially when inspired by other works, can be a creative jumpstart. These are prompts we recently used in our Spiritual Poetry Workshops. Care to join? Learn more here: tiferetjournal.com/upcoming-eve... #writingworkshop #poetryprompts

It’s exciting to be reminded of how far our journal has come! Here’s a throwback to promoting Tiferet at the 2012 Houston Indie Book Festival. Today, we work with writers from around the world and are nurturing upcoming spiritual writers through our courses. We’re feeling very grateful. 🧡

During these challenging times, let us remember to recognize our shared humanity and find the strength to be present with others in their darkness. #pemachodron

The ancient mystic poet Rumi is known for incorporating metaphor in his work to add additional meaning to his themes. Luckily it still translates to today and is as beautiful. How can you work with symbolism in your poems? #Rumi #poetry

What a wonderful weekend! Tiferet hosted authors in-person and online for a writing workshop, feedback, and spiritual practices. Thanks to all who came. We can’t wait for the next one! #writingcommunity #writingworkshop

Congrats to Tiferet teacher and guide Cit Ananda for the publication of her beautiful new haibun in Amethyst Magazine! You can read the full piece here: amethystmagazine.org/2025/07/24/l...

Interested in writing with people from around the world using prompts like these? Learn more about our virtual spiritual writing workshops: tiferetjournal.com/upcoming-eve...

Poetry teaches us what we want to say. Beautiful words from former US Poet Laureate Rita Dove.🧡 #poetry

An excerpt from Alicia M. Rodriguez’s fascinating new memoir The Shaman’s Wife. ✨ Read the full excerpt along with many other new spiritual writing in our Spring/Summer issue: tiferetjournal.com/tiferet-jour...

Poets have the best way of describing the joy of summer and the energy it brings. #poetry

Barefoot They say, "Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground." Let us take our shoes off and walk over all the earth For there is nothing but holy ground. #poetry Noor-Allah Jan dePinto, Issue 5 of @tiferetjournal.bsky.social Cover #Art by Louise Lumen ✨ #spiritual #literature

Write and relax with us at Tiferet’s 2nd Spiritual Poetry Writing Retreat. 🎉And we’re thrilled that it’s in-person! Sign up and learn more: form.jotform.com/251565008332...

Hope is something we all need right now, so why not turn to the great Emily Dickinson, who was trying to find it, too? In our Spiritual Poetry Writing Workshops, we reflect on famous poetry and then freewrite on the theme. Learn more: tiferetjournal.com/upcoming-eve... #PoetryWorkshop

Huge congrats to Tiferet writer, Nancy Jentsch! The poem she wrote in our Spiritual Poetry Writing Workshops is featured in a new special production, as part of Falcon Theater’s outreach wing. 🎭 Learn more here: www.cc-pl.org/events/uncom...

A lyrical poem by Jude Rittenhouse about connections to nature and each other. “We revise each other.” ✨ Read the full poem and other writings in our 2025 Spring/Summer issue: tiferetjournal.com/tiferet-jour... @juderitt.bsky.social

A gorgeous poem by @josephfasano.bsky.social from our 2024 Spring/Summer Issue. 🧡 Read more from the issue: tiferetjournal.com/spring-summe...

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Ghazal poetry is lesser-known, but it was extremely popular hundreds and thousands of years ago. Want to learn more about Ghazal poetry or try writing a ghazal yourself? Learn about our workshops: tiferetjournal.com/upcoming-eve...

Forever seeking that balance. #Rumi

We are thrilled that Claudia Reder, one of our Spiritual Writing students, had a poem posted on Verse Daily! Congrats, Claudia! 🎉📖 "Chronic illness feels like a reprimand, / though I don't quite know for what." www.versedaily.org/2025/mybodyl...

Tiferet’s new Spring/Summer 2025 issue is out now! 🎉☀️ Over 150 pages filled with poetry, prose, essays, stories, interviews and reviews. Featuring cover art by Stephenie Bushra Khan. Download your copy: tiferetjournal.com/tiferet-jour...

The talks and writings of Thich Nhat Hanh are a deep well of wisdom. #ThichNhatHanh

Kick off the summer with a unique poetry writing group — all from your home! Tiferet is hosting an online Spiritual Poetry retreat where we’ll write new poems, share our work, and experience meditations and a sound bath. 🎉 *Limited to 15 spots and tickets are $150 tiferetjournal.com/events/onlin...

A powerful quote about poetry by the first Native American Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo.

Congrats to Adele Kenny on her stunning new poetry collection! I know you’ll enjoy the poems with their deep spiritual themes. You can get a copy on her website. #poetrycollection

Love writing about themes like these? Check out our virtual Spiritual Poetry workshops! tiferetjournal.com/upcoming-eve... #PoetryCommunity

Poets describe spring best. #Poetry

Peace with others begins with peace within yourself. #ConfuciusQuote

Join us TOMORROW (Sunday) for Tiferet’s next reading!✨ We’ll hear from the poets in our Spiritual Writing Workshops and leave feeling inspired and connected. RSVP for the FREE event: bit.ly/415pT65 @tiferetjournal.bsky.social

Stunning insight from the American-born Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author, Pema Chödrön. #PemaChodron

Join us and our fabulous poets this Sunday at 1pm! 🖊️🎉

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.” #Yoga #Paramahansa

You're invited! 🎉 This Sunday, March 30th, is Tiferet's FREE Virtual Poetry Reading. Writers in our Spiritual Poetry Workshops will read an original poem on the theme of community. To listen to this free event register at bit.ly/415pT65 We hope to "see" you there!😊

We had a lovely conversation with novelist Dani Shapiro about her writing and how she defined spirituality for herself. Take a listen to this Tiferet Talk, hosted by Melissa Studdard: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... #authorinterview

Beautiful words from the incredible poet and activist Gwendolyn Brooks, who was the first African American person to win a Pulitzer Prize. #PoetryCommunity

Celebrating Tiferet issues from over the years. ✨ Issue 25 features cover art by Dani Antman and writings from Chard deNiord, Dr. Hune Margulies, Alfred Corn, Linda K. Wertheimer, and many more! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... #literaryjournal

Right now it’s hard for many people to think about reaching beyond the dividing line, but if we do, we may receive new insights on how to move forward. #spiritualjourney

What a throwback! This was Tiferet Journal’s 2010 reading at the Bowery Poetry Club. In-person events are so fun, but I’m excited that we now also have an online option. Our next virtual poetry reading is Sunday, March 30 at 1pm. 💻 📖Registration opens soon on our website! @tiferetjournal.bsky.social

One of the most challenging tasks in writing narrative poetry is creating emotion. Descriptions can help with that, as long as you keep it concise. Here are some tips to get you started. For more, read the essay “Narrative Poetry”: tiferetjournal.com/spring-summe... #poetrycommunity