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Tag: divinity

Featured Poetry

Michael McIrvin – In the Space …

November 3, 2024October 31, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Wyoming poet Michael McIrvin makes holy the simple act of existence, shows us that daily life is perhaps quite miraculous.

Tagged divinity, existence, holiness, life, metaphysics, physics, Poem, poet, Poetry, sacredness, SimplicityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Sarah Banks – Zinnia

March 24, 2024March 21, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet and gardener Sarah Banks revels in the sacredness of a blooming flower in "Zinnia", the first poem published by The Dewdrop this spring.

Tagged divinity, flower, flowers, holiness, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, sacredness, spring, springtimeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Brandon James O’Neil – The Encounter

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Holiness is found hidden in surprising places, even in the midst of bustling urban confines, in Brandon James O'Neil's poem "The Encounter".

Tagged city, divinity, God, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, urban landscape, urban lifeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Susan Coultrap-McQuin – Sunday Morning at the Cabin Up North

March 26, 2023March 23, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Susan Coultrap-McQuin shows us nature's sacredness with her poem "Sunday Morning at the Cabin Up North".

Tagged blessing, divinity, holiness, nature, nature writing, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, serenity, Spirituality, Tranquility, Zen1 Comment
Featured Poetry

David Cravens – American Zen

January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

David Cravens' epic poem "American Zen" counts as one of the more ambitious works ever published in The Dewdrop.

Tagged Beat Poetry, Beat Zen, divinity, loss, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, searching, seeking, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Will Simescu – Agrapha

January 15, 2023January 13, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Will Simescu's "Agrapha" reveals a search for holiness, contrasting the gritty details of reality with imagery from the life of Christ.

Tagged Christ, divine, divinity, God, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, searching, seekingLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Kimberly Phinney – Body of Work

October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

In her poem "Body of Work", Kimberly Phinney laments the distance which has been imposed between us and our earth, spiritually and tangibly.

Tagged divinity, earth, loss, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, separation, Spirituality, timeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Rebecca Ramsden – Be Thou My Vision

October 10, 2021October 12, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

In Be Thou My Vision, Rebecca Ramsden reminds us that poetry and holiness can be found anywhere, and in anybody.

Tagged divine, divinity, holiness, hymns, oneness, peace, Poem, Poetry, Quiet, revelation, Understanding4 Comments
Featured Poetry

Jenna Wysong Filbrun – Church

September 26, 2021September 24, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

Jenna Wysong Filbrun's Church is an ode to nature, life, and belonging in a time of spiritual upheaval, an ode to the wilderness, which was humanity's first place of worship.

Tagged belonging, church, divine, divinity, God, life, nature, Poem, Poetry, Spirituality, wilderness1 Comment

TOP POSTS

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  • Walt Whitman - O Me! O Life!
    Walt Whitman - O Me! O Life!
  • Barbara Kingsolver - How to Do Absolutely Nothing
    Barbara Kingsolver - How to Do Absolutely Nothing
  • How We Live Is How We Die: Pema Chödrön on Preparing for Death Here and Now
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  • Sealskin, Soulskin - A Fable About Returning to Our Wild Origins
    Sealskin, Soulskin - A Fable About Returning to Our Wild Origins

- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “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?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    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.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    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.
  • Ray Bradbury
    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


- POETRY-

  • Lawrence Bridges – Trees of Ojai
    Poet Lawrence Bridges once again shows readers of The Dewdrop how Zen simplicity and awareness can be a sacred thing.
  • A Year of Kō: 7th Sekki
    7th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, FRAN SCOTT and ELLIOT DIAMOND
  • Francis Weeks – Taho Buddha
    "Taho Buddha" by poet Francis Weeks is a minimalist poem which explores a pivotal moment in Nichiren Buddhism.
  • 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.
  • A Year of Kō: 6th Sekki
    6th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, JOSEPH PALMER and COLEMAN DAVIS

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