Poem - The Dewdrop

In Jennifer Handy's "The Loss of the Bear" we are faced with the blending of symbolism, expectation, reality, and perhaps even revelation.

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Samantha Malay's impeccable "Harvest" is a poem cultivated in the wild liminal space between seed and bounty.

In the depths of November, poet Ashley Abitz immerses readers' senses in autumnal richness with her poem "Imagining Autumn in Lubbock".

Wyoming poet Michael McIrvin makes holy the simple act of existence, shows us that daily life is perhaps quite miraculous.

At play with immersion, vastness, and solitude, David Capps' "Tree (after Rothko, but not)" is a work inviting readers to explore emptiness.

Finding ourselves here in the depths of October, The Dewdrop is pleased to offer a sonnet by poet Chelsea Fraser, aptly entitled "October".

Caroline Goodwin's "Sky" is like still-life in poetic form, an accounting of a space and a moment, lush with "lived-in" detail.

Spencer Pfleiderer informs us with solid earthy lines of his poem "Sanctuary" that good things come to those who wait.

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.