The Dewdrop once again features work from New York poet and theologian Ryan Diaz, who threads the needle between desire and purity.
Tag: desire
Ingrid M. Calderón – come to me
Los Angeles poet Ingrid M. Calderón breathes a little fire into the cold hours of February with her passionate "come to me".
Teddy Macker – This World
We will find life intoxicating; we’ll yearn to commune with its beauty, and we’ll also get utterly wrung out by it all and lose our way.
Ryan Diaz – A Vow of Poverty
With the juxtaposition of piousness and sacredness to desire and indulgence, Ryan Diaz surprises us with his "A Vow of Poverty".
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BY ÇILER İLHAN - What seems like a flame, passion or romance perhaps is actually love, emerging in various forms, shapes, and levels of existence. If you believe in it.
June Jordan – Poem for a Young Poet
A poem expressing the desire for love and connection, going deeper into the shared essence of being that underlies difference.
Gin and Coconut Curry
BY CHAPIN CIMINO What stays with us over the decades: Navigating the grey mists of love and affection by the quirky light of a college friendship.
A Terrible Assistant Manager
BY ELAINA EROLA A new assistant manager at RadioShack discovers that unbridled passion and a work promotion don't fit well together.
The Great, Generous Laugh
Susan Murphy's book, The Red Thread, addresses the guts and gore of the flesh-and-blood humans who sustain spiritual practice in the midst of desire, mortality and heartbreak.
The One Motive Power in the Universe
In this extract from an essay about bhakti and devotional love written in the late 19th century, Swami Vivekananda - the 19th century spiritual reformist and teacher of Vedanta who was instrumental in popularizing Hinduism and yoga in the west - makes the difference between empty religious ritual and the burning desire for union with God, which is as real as any hunger or thirst.