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Tag: epiphany

Featured Poetry

Jenna Wysong Filbrun – Epiphany

December 14, 2025December 12, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

As many faiths lean into the spiritual essence of the holiday season, poet Jenna Wysong Filbrun returns to The Dewdrop with "Epiphany".

Tagged christian, christmas, epiphany, gifts, holiday, inclusion, love, Magi, nature, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment
Stephen Dunn
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Stephen Dunn – Allegory of the Cave

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Vanessa Able

Stephen Dunn imagines the loneliness of the visionary who captures a radical truth but is unable to communicate what he has seen and understood to his fellow prisoners.

Tagged Communication, epiphany, knowledge, Light, plato's cave, Poetry2 Comments
Elizabeth Bishop
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Elizabeth Bishop – In the Waiting Room

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Vanessa Able

A formidable description of epiphany: when the poet's world goes from a mundane waiting room to a radically altered sense of identity.

Tagged being, epiphany, illumination, language, Poetry, revelationLeave a comment
Mockingbird
Way-Seeking Mind

Hey, Mockingbird

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY ABIGAIL KING This is how it began: mornings, sitting outside on a stone bench, listening to the mockingbird. You exist. I exist.

Tagged being, epiphany, illumination, interbeing, Interconnectedness, mockingbird, revelation4 Comments
GK Chesterton
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G.K. Chesterton – The Convert

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Vanessa Able

G.K. Chesterton's 'The Convert' describes the aftermath of a transition that has taken the poet from an upside-down world onto a shining white road of peace and clarity.

Tagged Catholicism, clarity, conversion, epiphany, peace, Poetry, rebirth, transformation3 Comments

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