About Mark Nepo

MARK NEPO is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over 40 years. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, he has published 21 books and recorded 15 audio projects. His most recent book is Drinking from the River of Light: The Life of Expression (Sounds True, September 2019). As a cancer survivor, Mark devotes his writing and teaching to the journey of inner transformation and the life of relationship. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages. For more, see marknepo.com.

The Endless Search: One Man’s Journey To Life Expression

By Mark Nepo

Photograph by Nagy Arnold How we can inhabit a lifelong practice of listening, expressing and creating to animate our souls ______ Such is my poetry: ironwork-poetry... It is not a poetry thought out bit by bit. It is not a beautiful … [Read more...]

Entrainments of Heart: The Stitch Work of Community

By Mark Nepo

An exploration of community and the connections that nurtures our souls across beliefs, cultures, borders and religions. There is one soul and many tongues, one spirit and various sounds; every country has its own speech, but the subjects of … [Read more...]

Letting Everything In and Through | Explorations of the Human Experience

By Mark Nepo

A poetic exploration of the human experience in all of its guts and glory — Let me keep surrendering myself until I am utterly transparent. —Psalm 19 The ultimate value of staying open is that we’re scoured clean of all that might burden … [Read more...]

Being Human: The Poetry of Life

By Mark Nepo

A poet explores 'the way under the way' — the place of true meaning and shared humanity ______________________________ [Want to hear this piece read by the author? Click here for the audiocast] Over the years, I’ve learned that moments of deep … [Read more...]