dream Archives - The Dewdrop

Allen Ginsberg's homage to Walt Whitman is a colorful, visionary encounter in a supermarket in Berkeley one night.

Featured Poetry

Brandon McQuade – Two Whiskies

August 8, 2021August 7, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

Brandon McQuade's poem, 'Two Whiskies', is a melancholy narrative of the author's dream of a late friend.

Featured Poetry

Jonathan Koven – Stilled Wings Will Soar

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Vanessa Able

Inspired by the desire to point at a star and give it a name: Jonathan Koven's 'Stilled Wings Will Soar'

Lyrics, Poetry

Beck – Everlasting Nothing

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Vanessa Able

Everlasting Nothing is the final track on singer/songwriter Beck's album Hyperspace. It describes a series of experiences with an unreal bent in which there is a continuous push to 'get back home'.

The Sacred Pulse of Night and Day
Deborah Eden Tull explores the experience of darkness and how it can be a transformative and expansive human experience.
‘An Appropriate Response’: Christian Dillo on the Nature of Buddhist Wisdom
What is wisdom? How can what we know get in the way of true wisdom? How can we express wisdom in a chaotic and unpredictable world?
Like Silt in a Flowing Stream – May Sarton on Solitude and Clutter
May Sarton's Journal of a Solitude is the upshot of a journey into herself, into simplification and self-examination.
E.E. Cummings – Let It Go—The
E.E. Cummings reflects on the necessity of clearing, of letting go of the things we cling to, in order to make way for love.
Normal Days – A Tribute to the Ordinary From the Far Edge of Life
After a glioblastoma diagnosis, Tallu Schuyler Quinn wrote about what dying meant to her body, mind and heart in this series of moving essays.

Kathryn Weld – Is the Sun Conscious
In Kathryn Weld's "Is the Sun Conscious", readers are presented with a feminine and motherly sun, and the desolation of her absence.
John Paul Caponigro – Test for Echo
John Paul Caponigro's "Test for Echo" is an ode to connection and communication in a world that feels as disconnected as ever.
Nadir Feroz – Doused
Penned while he sat by the Nile River, Nadir Feroz's "Doused" carries the themes of time, eternity, light, and mortality in its currents.
Swetha Amit – The Tea Prayer
Swetha Amit's "The Tea Prayer" is a meditation on the routine and ritualistic simplicity of making and savoring a cup of hot green tea.
David Anthony Martin – The After
Colorado poet and outdoorsman David Anthony Martin reminds us of the inevitability of life and tomorrows with his poem "The After".

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Allen Ginsberg – A Supermarket in California

Brandon McQuade – Two Whiskies

Jonathan Koven – Stilled Wings Will Soar

Beck – Everlasting Nothing