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Category: Featured Poetry

Featured Poetry

Homa Mojadidi – Submission

March 8, 2026March 7, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Afghan-American poet Homa Mojadidi manifests the magnitude and all-encompassing power of reverence and divinity with her poem "Submission".

Tagged Allah, Emptiness, faith, God, Islam, Muhammad, Poem, poet, Poetry, revelation, reverence, submissionLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Wanda VanderStoop – Chemin Poulin, Qc

March 1, 2026February 28, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

"Chemin Poulin, Qc" by poet Wanda VanderStoop tantalizes the senses with lush earthiness brimming with abundance and life.

Tagged birds, cycles, earth, earthiness, life, Life is beautiful, nature, Olav Hauge, Poem, poet, Poetry, WaterLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Travis Stephens – Spring is the Time of Horses

February 22, 2026February 20, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Californian tugboat captain and poet Travis Stephens smothers readers in the cold grit of resurrection in his "Spring is the Time of Horses".

Tagged earth, earthiness, growth, nature, Olav Hauge, Poem, poet, Poetry, rebirth, rejuvenation, resurrection, spring, springtimeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Carolyn Chilton Casas – Destiny

February 15, 2026February 14, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

The couplets of Carolyn Chilton Casas' "Destiny" reveal an empowering poetic manifesto of awareness and interconnectedness.

Tagged awareness, belonging, connection, destiny, Identity, Interconnectedness, Moon, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, wildlifeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Shayana Foroutan – on a trip to rome, my sister’s friend says i seem like i’d hate christianity

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Shayana Foroutan's gritty and tangible "on a trip to rome, my sister’s friend says i seem like i’d hate christianity" pulls no punches.

Tagged betrayal, blood, Christianity, crucifixion, humanity, jesus, jesus christ, Poem, poet, Poetry, RomeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Elias Tucker – Corona del Mar

February 1, 2026January 31, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Emerging poet Elias Tucker offers much more than a love poem with his "Corona del Mar". He offers praise and gratitude to God.

Tagged awe, beach, california, God, grateful, Gratitude, life, Life is beautiful, love, love poem, ocean, Poem, poet, Poetry, praise, shoreLeave a comment
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Matt Pasca – Traitor Psalm

January 25, 2026January 24, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Long Island poet Matt Pasca gives it all up and at the same time transforms us in his engaging poem "Traitor Psalm".

Tagged birds, Children, parenthood, past, Poem, poet, Poetry, present, time, transformation, WritingLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Brooks Lampe – Shiver-Morning Baptism

January 18, 2026January 17, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Oregon poet Brooks Lampe welcomes a strange tranquil newness with his remarkable "Shiver-Morning Baptism".

Tagged baptism, birds, Death, morning, Poem, poet, Poetry, reincarnation, resurrectionLeave a comment
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Jay Jacobs – Last Hour of Solo Retreat on the Peak of a Fearless Mountain

January 11, 2026January 10, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

In his poem "Last Hour of Solo Retreat on the Peak of a Fearless Mountain" poet Jay Jacobs invites readers to breathe and accept.

Tagged acceptance, dragon, fog, Meditation, mountain, nature, non-resistance, openness, Poem, poet, Poetry, Solitude1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Zahraa Farhat – Pilgrimage

January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

The Dewdrop couldn't be more honored to begin 2026 by sharing Zahraa Farhat's moving and hopeful poem "Pilgrimage".

Tagged Gaza, hope, Islam, Isreal, Muslim, Palestine, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, war1 Comment

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