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Tag: nature poetry

Featured Poetry

Lawrence Bridges – Trees of Ojai

May 24, 2026May 23, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Lawrence Bridges once again shows readers of The Dewdrop how Zen simplicity and awareness can be a sacred thing.

Tagged attention, awareness, connection, Inner Peace, Interconnectedness, naturalistic, nature, Nature and spirituality, nature poem, nature poetry, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Sheila Lynch-Benttinen – I Ramble the Bog

November 23, 2025November 22, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Sheila Lynch-Benttinen revels in all the natural majesty of simply being present with her poem "I Ramble the Bog".

Tagged awareness, being present, environment, nature, nature poem, nature poetry, Poem, poet, Poetry, present, wildernessLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jack Phillips – What We Learn in the Woods

November 16, 2025November 15, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Lebanese-American poet and naturalist Jack Phillips revels in the sacredness, wisdom, and romanticism of wild places.

Tagged holiness, love, nature, nature poem, nature poetry, nature worship, Poem, poet, Poetry, sacredness, wilderness, WisdomLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Dolo Diaz – Morning Walk in the Marsh

September 21, 2025September 20, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

In "Morning Walk in the Marsh" poet Dolo Diaz pulls the quiet hush of gently stirring nature over us like a soft quilt.

Tagged dawn, marsh, morning, Morning Poem, nature, nature poem, nature poetry, Poem, poet, Poetry, Stillness, wakingLeave a comment

TOP POSTS

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- 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-

  • Lawrence Bridges – Trees of Ojai
    Poet Lawrence Bridges once again shows readers of The Dewdrop how Zen simplicity and awareness can be a sacred thing.
  • A Year of Kō: 7th Sekki
    7th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, FRAN SCOTT and ELLIOT DIAMOND
  • Francis Weeks – Taho Buddha
    "Taho Buddha" by poet Francis Weeks is a minimalist poem which explores a pivotal moment in Nichiren Buddhism.
  • Regina Gort-Betances – (Mother) Bear
    Regina Gort-Betances' "(Mother) Bear" is a wild and mournful study of loss and grief, written on a canvas of bone, blood, and root.
  • A Year of Kō: 6th Sekki
    6th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, JOSEPH PALMER and COLEMAN DAVIS

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