In her epic "Samsara", poet Claudia Kessel leans the ancient tenants of Buddhism against the gritty reality of the 21st Century.
Tag: Death
Richard Pettigrew – Drunken Flora
Surfer-poet of Hawaii, Richard Pettigrew, once again swings by The Dewdrop, this time with a botanical tragedy "Drunken Flora".
Erica Miriam Fabri – The Bride and the Wolf
Brooklyn poet Erica Miriam Fabri presents a dialogue of love, loss, and acceptance in her dramatic and melancholic "The Bride and the Wolf".
Francis Weeks – Unfinished
In five brief lines, Francis Weeks' "Unfinished" has encompassed life, death, and the endless continuation of life.
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.
The Merlin (Surprised by Joy)
An injured merlin opens the door to the way in which grief and joy are so bewilderingly intertwined in our hearts. BY DEREK FURR
dewdrops: Winter Week 3
Winter Week 3 BY FELICIA NAY
Brooks Lampe – Shiver-Morning Baptism
Oregon poet Brooks Lampe welcomes a strange tranquil newness with his remarkable "Shiver-Morning Baptism".
Becoming Yourself – A Conversation with Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
“The vastness isn’t somewhere else. It’s right here, embodied in the most ordinary activities.”
Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.