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Featured Poetry

Sarah Reichert – Divine Struggle

June 7, 2026June 6, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Colorado poet Sarah Reichart shows how kinetic and arduous the search for faith can be with her poem "Divine Struggle".

Tagged celestial, divine, frailty, hope, human experience, Poem, poet, Poetry, religion, Spirituality, Stars, struggleLeave a comment
All About Love

The Taste of Honey, the Sting of Bees

March 12, 2026March 11, 2026 Vanessa Able

When a wild honeybee colony claims an empty backyard hive, their arrival could be a divine metaphor for a new relationship. BY STACEY BALKUN

Tagged bicultural, cooking, family, food, heritage, home, hope, Immigration, love, the philippinesLeave a comment
All About Love

Home is in a Recipe

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026 Vanessa Able

Discovering how food transcends nourishment to embody love, memory, and belonging. BY NATHALIE DE LOS SANTOS

Tagged bicultural, cooking, family, food, heritage, home, hope, Immigration, love, the philippinesLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Zahraa Farhat – Pilgrimage

January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

The Dewdrop couldn't be more honored to begin 2026 by sharing Zahraa Farhat's moving and hopeful poem "Pilgrimage".

Tagged Gaza, hope, Islam, Isreal, Muslim, Palestine, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, war1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Ahrend Torrey – Red Giant

September 29, 2024December 14, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

The six lines Ahrend Torrey's "Red Giant" are epic in scope, weaving together the story of the destruction of our world with threads of hope.

Tagged astronomy, astrophysics, Death, hope, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, sun, time, UnityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jocelyn Ulevicus – Breathing and Swallowing in Montreal, 2017

July 2, 2023June 29, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

A hush encounters uncertainty and transformation in Jocelyn Ulevicus's pensive curious poem, "Breathing and Swallowing in Montreal, 2017".

Tagged breathing, Distance, God, healing, hope, life, Montreal, Poem, poet, Poetry, uncertaintyLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Ethan Levin – Midrash on Psalm 13

June 4, 2023June 1, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Jewish chaplain Ethan Levin presents a powerful poetic interpretation of a biblical psalm with his "Midrash on Psalm 13".

Tagged ancestors, connection, Death, God, hope, humanity, Judaism, loss, Poem, poet, Poetry, SelfLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Carol Barrett – Esther Talks to Her Unborn Child

August 7, 2022August 4, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Carol Barrett's poem is spoken in the voice of biblical Queen Esther, from the Tanakh or Old Testament Book of Esther.

Tagged Bible, Hebrew, hope, Judaism, mother, motherhood, parenthood, Poem, poet, Poetry, prophecyLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Lawrence Bridges – Lake Hughes Road

June 12, 2022June 11, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Los Angeles poet Lawrence Bridges makes his return to The Dewdrop with the disarmingly quiet and sparse "Lake Hughes Road".

Tagged dawn, emergence, enter, hope, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, setting forthLeave a comment
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Tishani Doshi – Hope is the Thing

October 15, 2021October 12, 2021 Vanessa Able

Tishani Doshi's poem pays homage to a twelve-year-old girl who died of exhaustion last year during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Tagged birds, COVID-19, Death, hope, nature, pandemic, Poetry, tragedy1 Comment

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