cold Archives - The Dewdrop

A Year of Kō: 1st Sekki

February 23, 2026February 27, 2026 Trent Thomson

1st Sekki poems by JAMES PENHA, ELENA BRENNEMAN and BRAM B. BRIGGANCE

dewdrops: Transition Haiku

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 Trent Thomson

Transition Haiku BY REV. GENJO TRE WILLIAMS

dewdrops: Winter Week 13, Part 2

April 4, 2025April 1, 2025 Trent Thomson

Winter Week 13.2 BY BARBARA ANNA GAIARDONI

dewdrops: Winter Week 13, Part 1

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 Trent Thomson

Winter Week 13.1 BY DAVID REGAN

dewdrops: Winter Week 12

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 Trent Thomson

Winter Week 12 BY NICK VASQUEZ

dewdrops: Winter Week 11

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 Trent Thomson

Winter Week 11 BY MARLA LANDERS

“Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice

Richard Pettigrew – Drunken Flora
Surfer-poet of Hawaii, Richard Pettigrew, once again swings by The Dewdrop, this time with a botanical tragedy "Drunken Flora".
Constance Clark – This Heat Sculpts a Spell
Allow the summer heat of Constance Clark's "This Heat Sculpts a Spell" soak into you, as her poem unfolds its petals as an ode to connection.
A Year of Kō: 11th Sekki
11th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, ELLIOT DIAMOND and COLEMAN DAVIS
Gene Hyde – Evening Meditation with Charles Lloyd on the Hi-Fi
Poet Gene Hyde meditates on the transcendence of a day's collapse into dusk with his "Evening Meditation with Charles Lloyd on the Hi-Fi".
Mark J. Mitchell – Lazy Afternoon Poem
Longtime San Francisco-based poet Mark J. Mitchell eases readers into the warm heavy heart of summer with his "Lazy Afternoon Poem".