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Featured Poetry

Jay Jacobs – Last Hour of Solo Retreat on the Peak of a Fearless Mountain

January 11, 2026January 10, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

In his poem "Last Hour of Solo Retreat on the Peak of a Fearless Mountain" poet Jay Jacobs invites readers to breathe and accept.

Tagged acceptance, dragon, fog, Meditation, mountain, nature, non-resistance, openness, Poem, poet, Poetry, Solitude1 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

Matthew Mazzoni – The Blue Mirror

December 21, 2025December 17, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Matthew Mazzoni showers readers of chaotic fragments of localized imagery in his avant garde poem "The Blue Mirror".

Tagged automatic writing, avant garde, experimental, Georgia, journaling, Poem, poet, Poetry, Savannah, stream of consciousnessLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jenna Wysong Filbrun – Epiphany

December 14, 2025December 12, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

As many faiths lean into the spiritual essence of the holiday season, poet Jenna Wysong Filbrun returns to The Dewdrop with "Epiphany".

Tagged christian, christmas, epiphany, gifts, holiday, inclusion, love, Magi, nature, Poem, poet, PoetryLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

James Roderick Burns – Waka waka waka

December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Prolific short form poet James Roderick Burns returns to The Dewdrop with a themed set of tanka "Waka waka waka".

Tagged Micropoetry, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, short form, short poetry, tanka, waka, ZenLeave a comment
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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

Joe Martyn Ricke – Thanksgiving (A Camino Poem)

November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Texas poet and singer/songwriter Joe Martyn Ricke's "Thanksgiving (A Camino Poem)" is both a poem and a prayer.

Tagged camino, camino de santiago, Gratitude, Meditation, pilgrimage, pilgrims, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, thanksgivingLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Vincent Hostak – Two Moon Sutras

November 2, 2025November 1, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

In his poem, "Two Moon Sutras", poet Vincent Hostak offers a pair of sequences focused on the moon as an object of contemplation.

Tagged Buddhism, concurrence, Meditation, Moon, moonlight, Poem, poet, Poetry, Sutra, Sutras, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Drema Drudge – Mutual Mass

October 26, 2025October 24, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

In her poem "Mutual Mass", Drema Drudge introduces us to a god who takes solace in her pilgrims in the way they take solace in her.

Tagged connection, fellowship, God, human experience, Poem, poet, Poetry, purpose, Silence, Solace, wearyLeave a comment

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