David Keplinger's beautifully-desolate "Man Leaves Zen Garden Untended" is a masterclass in sacrifice and rewilding.
Tag: loss
Mathieu Cailler – After the Last Human Died
Mathieu Cailler's prose poem "After the Last Human Died" is in fact an ode to togetherness and reconnection.
Plant Hands
Letting go as a pathway to new life BY SARAH WAYLAND SMITH
patricia a. heisser métoyer – Mastodon
Existence is a state of constant flux, as is what it means to be sacred. patricia a. heisser métoyer displays this in her epic "Mastodon".
Lou Second – At a party, 1.30 am, blasting music to last
Emerging French poet and artist Lou Second gives us a window into innermost thoughts with his "At a party, 1.30 am, blasting music to last".
Jennifer Handy – The Loss of the Bear
In Jennifer Handy's "The Loss of the Bear" we are faced with the blending of symbolism, expectation, reality, and perhaps even revelation.
Samantha Malay – Harvest
Samantha Malay's impeccable "Harvest" is a poem cultivated in the wild liminal space between seed and bounty.
Chelsea Fraser – October
Finding ourselves here in the depths of October, The Dewdrop is pleased to offer a sonnet by poet Chelsea Fraser, aptly entitled "October".
The Gift
Love, hope, and reality; are woven and wrapped together. BY NANCY FRANCESE
Karlié Rodríguez – Slashed by the Swamp
In her prose poem "Slashed by the Swamp", Karlié Rodríguez allows readers into the swamp for a peek at the tragedy of want.