Ruminate: A Contemplative Magazine Chewing on the Mysteries of Life

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Stories, poetry, and art teach us to slow down, to listen, and to pay attention, awakening our hearts to ourselves and one another. Every quarter, a new issue of Ruminate is delivered to your mailbox, helping you nourish and reaffirm your creative and spiritual intentions.

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Wonderful writing, images, and soul. I feel as comfortable in the pages of this journal as in my own heart.

— Colby B.

The poems in Ruminate nourish me personally and creatively. They are brimming with spirit and unvarnished beauty.

— John S.

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— Cathy B.

The Waking

Thirsty

by Ruminate Magazine July 30, 2020

At his room next morning they said, “He wanted us to tell you he was always thirsty. Now what do you figure that’s about?”

Horizon

by Ruminate Magazine July 28, 2020

The snow is thick, alive and panting, a roaring wall of white in the space between my father and me.

A Poetry Editor’s Guide to Ruminate

by Kristin George Bagdanov July 24, 2020

I’ve tried to quantify my time here. In close to six years as poetry editor, I’ve read and evaluated near 10,000 poetry submissions, worked with over 250 poets, and co-edited twenty-four issues. However, I can’t quite quantify what I’ve learned from Ruminate—the community it’s extended to me, the people I’ve learned from and with along the way. In preparing an editorial handbook for the two incredible poets who will soon take up my position, I tried to distill the essential duties of being po...