- Sarah Reichert – Divine Struggle
Colorado poet Sarah Reichart shows how kinetic and arduous the search for faith can be with her poem "Divine Struggle".
- Lawrence Bridges – Trees of Ojai
Poet Lawrence Bridges once again shows readers of The Dewdrop how Zen simplicity and awareness can be a sacred thing.
- A Year of Kō: 7th Sekki
7th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, FRAN SCOTT and ELLIOT DIAMOND
- Francis Weeks – Taho Buddha
"Taho Buddha" by poet Francis Weeks is a minimalist poem which explores a pivotal moment in Nichiren Buddhism.
- Regina Gort-Betances – (Mother) Bear
Regina Gort-Betances' "(Mother) Bear" is a wild and mournful study of loss and grief, written on a canvas of bone, blood, and root.
