• Home
  • About
  • Reflections
  • Poetry
    • My Poems
    • Guest Poets
    • Selected Poems
    • Classic Poets
    • Classic Love Poems
    • Zen Poetry, Haiku, and Wisdom
  • Essays
  • Inspiration
    • Love
    • Mandalas and More
    • Native Voices
    • Petals of Sunshine
    • Positive Reinforcement
    • Videos to Inspire and Motivate
  • Quotes
    • Flowers and Gardens
    • Native American Wisdom
    • Peaceful Thoughts
  • Guestbook
  • Sitemap

Inspiration for the Spirit

A lovely place to wander for poetry and inspiration to soothe the soul

Dorothy Doyle Mienko

← Previous Poet | Next Poet →

Dorothy Doyle MienkoDorothy Doyle Mienko is an award-winning poet who has been featured in numerous online publications, including Stirring: A Literary Collection and Poems Niederngasse. She was poetry editor and contributor for Women of the Web: Anthology of Poems and has published three books of poetry: What I Notice Now, Quiet Illuminations, and Keeping Want as well as This So Called Life: the Anthology. Dorothy lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

“—I keep waiting for some old wounds to shape shift into scars. I love sparklers and the evening star. Silence and the dictionary. Sometimes I settle for fragments.” —Dorothy Doyle Mienko, Troubled Woman

6 poems

Estate Sale Blues
First Communion
My Left Breast
The Great Gatsby Breaks My Heart
Untitled
While Pondering the Iris of His Eyes

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

The Poetry Pages

My Poems
Guest Poets
Selected Poems
Classic Poets
Classic Love Poems
Zen Poetry, Haiku, and Wisdom
book and blue flowers

Guest Poets

  • Oriah Mountain Dreamer
  • Terry Stephen Driscoll
  • Laryalee Fraser
  • Dennis Janke
  • Christine Magee
  • Dorothy Doyle Mienko
  • Carrie Ryman
  • Tom Schmidt
  • Susan Dane Setin

“What makes you a poet is a gift for language, an ability to see into the heart of things.” —Erica Jong

Explore and Enjoy

aging anger autumn being female cancer children comfort & compassion death divorce empty nest family father flowers & gardens friends & friendship grief & sadness happiness hope & optimism illness inner peace inspiring life & living loneliness love love lost loving yourself mandala marriage mindful living mother motherhood music Native American nature people places poetry & writing positive attitude quotes relationships sex & sexuality simplicity solitude spirit spring winter

Looking for a specific poet or author?

Inspiration for the Spirit EST 2002 • Copyright © 2025 Patricia Petro • LOGIN