Skip to content
The Dewdrop Logo

The Dewdrop

read deep, breathe easy

  • Poetry
  • Book Bits
  • OTHER SECTIONS
    • Featured Writing
    • Weekly Haiku
    • All About Love
    • Why I Write
    • Way-Seeking Mind
    • Micro Gallery
    • Sutras
    • Koans
  • Newsletter
  • ABOUT
    • Contact
    • Work With Us
    • Submissions
    • About The Dewdrop: Who We Are
  • SUPPORT

Tag: Interconnectedness

Interview, Podcast

Engaging in Compassionate Action: Pamela Ayo Yetunde

May 31, 2023June 19, 2023 Vanessa Able

A conversation with Pamela Ayo Yetunde about spirituality, interconnectedness, and the need to foster understanding and compassion in today's world.

Tagged Buddhism, community, Compassion, healing, Indra's Net, interbeing, Interconnectedness, interdependence, Social Change, social justice, spiritual kinshipLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jerrice J. Baptiste – Spicy Buddha

April 23, 2023April 20, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

With Zen-like simplicity, poet Jerrice J. Baptiste invites us to a seat at her table with the delectable "Spicy Buddha".

Tagged Buddha, Buddhism, community, connection, family, food, Interconnectedness, Poem, poet, Poetry, Zen1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Deborah Schwartz – Brother

April 16, 2023April 14, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Deborah Schwartz's "Brother" is a poem yearning and pleading for connection, amidst the background notes of time slipping ceaselessly by.

Tagged brother, connection, family, Interconnectedness, legacy, loss, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, time, yearningLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Mike Christie – Knock Knock Knock

March 5, 2023March 2, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

A narrative of a woodpecker at work on a tree expands to the oneness of all things in Mike Christie's "Knock Knock Knock".

Tagged community, connection, Interconnectedness, nature, oneness, Poem, poet, Poetry, Unity, UniverseLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

John Paul Caponigro – Test for Echo

November 27, 2022November 25, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

John Paul Caponigro's "Test for Echo" is an ode to connection and communication in a world that feels as disconnected as ever.

Tagged Communication, connection, contact, Fire, Interconnectedness, Loneliness, Poem, poet, Poetry, signal, SolitudeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Nicole Grace – One Note

May 22, 2022May 15, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Nicole Grace's "One Note" is a sensory exploration of contemplation, alive with natural and meditative imagery.

Tagged connection, harmony, Interconnectedness, Meditation, nature, Om, oneness, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Xiaoly Li – Light Breaks the Barrier

February 6, 2022February 5, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

In the quiet hush of morning, poet Xiaoly Li highlights connection and harmony among opposing forces, even while a storm looms in the near future.

Tagged conflict, connection, harmony, Interconnectedness, morning, peace, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Carolyn Decker – An Approximation

December 19, 2021December 18, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

An Approximation, by Rhode Island scientist and poet Carolyn Decker, is an ode to the interconnectedness of everything and a clarion call for wisdom in a world of desires.

Tagged ecology, environment, Interconnectedness, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, science, Science and Religion, WisdomLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Marsha Warren Mittman – No Name

October 17, 2021October 13, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

With her poem No Name, Marsha Warren Mittman details the transition from urban to rural living, and coming to embrace and become one with new experiences.

Tagged acceptance, connection, emergence, Identity, Interconnectedness, Meditation, nature, oneness, Poem, Poetry, self-acceptance, transformation6 Comments
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

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

TOP POSTS

  • This is the Life: Annie Dillard Asks, Then What?
    This is the Life: Annie Dillard Asks, Then What?
  • John O'Donohue - Beannacht / Blessing
    John O'Donohue - Beannacht / Blessing
  • What is Love? Love is a Verb - bell hooks
    What is Love? Love is a Verb - bell hooks
  • Naomi Shihab Nye - The Art of Disappearing
    Naomi Shihab Nye - The Art of Disappearing
  • Ordinary Mind is the Way
    Ordinary Mind is the Way
  • The Dexterous Butcher - Zhuangzi
    The Dexterous Butcher - Zhuangzi
  • On Falling in Love - James Baldwin
    On Falling in Love - James Baldwin
  • Billy Collins - The Dead
    Billy Collins - The Dead
  • The Most Beautiful Thing We Can Experience Is The Mysterious: Albert Einstein's Living Philosophy
    The Most Beautiful Thing We Can Experience Is The Mysterious: Albert Einstein's Living Philosophy
  • Mary Oliver - When Death Comes
    Mary Oliver - When Death Comes

- 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-

  • A Year of Kō: 5th Sekki
    5th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, SHERRY WEAVER SMITH and COLEMAN DAVIS
  • Maureen Martinez – How to Pass as a Woman of Faith
    Emerging poet Maureen Martinez slows us down for a moment with her hybrid prose poem "How to Pass as a Woman of Faith".
  • Jeremy Giles – Grass Field We Named Beach
    Like a fistful of sand scattered across white space, poet Jeremy Giles leans into experimentalism in his poem "Grass Field We Named Beach".
  • A Year of Kō: 4th Sekki
    4th Sekki poems by JOYCE RITCHIE, DIANA LIVI and VIRGINIA FOLGER
  • Lily Tobias – Fennel
    In her poem "Fennel", Michigan poet Lily Tobias awakens our senses in the quiet hush of morning, and takes us to the temple.
The Dewdrop
Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Dara.
 

Loading Comments...