Best of the Haiku Challenge (November 2025)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
Culture
‘January 1st’
In a poem from his posthumous collection, the late Larry Ward reminds us to let go of our sadnesses as the trees shed their leaves.
Her Gaze
Poet Li-Young Lee on his mother, the first mystery
The Shape of Empty Space
Exploring the life and artworks of Seta Manoukian
‘Toward Temple Risshaku’
Two poems from Japan’s “far north poet” on pilgrimage, return, and the “afterdeath”
The Vanishing Buddhist Pilgrimage of Hajo
A sacred site once central to Bhutanese and Tibetan devotion now survives mostly in memory as borders, routes, and generations change.
Our Scholarly Recommendations of 2025
The academic books that shaped this year’s conversation on Buddhism and culture
On the Significance of Hands
Jeongkwan Seunim’s intimate connection to Korean temple cooking
Tricycle’s Favorite Books of the Year
Some of our favorite Buddhist titles from 2025
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