“All I know is that some things have happened that I don’t understand, and they are the most true things I’ve known.”
Category: Poetry
Joy Sullivan – Sister
Joy Sullivan's poem on the lived sense of healing while being held in another person's deep, loving attention.
W.S. Merwin – Rain Travel
The influence of Buddhist thought is evident in much of W.S. Merwin’s writing.
Ross Gay – Sorrow is Not My Name
Ross Gay's ode to awakening to sweetness, written after Gwendolyn Brooks.
Pushcart Prize 2025 Nominations
Proudly announcing The Dewdrop's Pushcart Prize nominees for 2025. We love your words, your work, all of you!
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer – For When We Greet Each Other
A poem about seeing and honoring what is divine in others and in ourselves, as though all our lives depended on it.
Lucille Clifton – Blessing the Boats
Lucille Clifton's heartfelt blessing to those going forward into the mystery of unknowing, or adversity and the vast sea.
Mary Oliver – The Sun
Mary Oliver asks: in our quest for satisfaction, what is it that we have turned away from?
Farming in a Lilac Shirt
Poet, teacher and farmer Leo Dangel's poem about which parts of ourselves we choose to keep hidden out of fear of others' reactions.
Anthony Russell White – The Faith of Leaping
White's poem encourages us to embrace a larger trust in life; to risk uncertainty for the precious reward of life fully lived.