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Featured Poetry

Diana Button – At the Watering Hole

August 17, 2025August 16, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Unity and connection are the revelations inherent in "At the Watering Hole", a poem by spiritual poet Diana Button.

Tagged Buddhism, connection, doubt, illusion, inclusion, oneness, Poem, poet, Poetry, Self, self-doubt, UnityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Lawrence Bridges – The Concert

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Lawrence Bridge's "The Concert" concisely examines a breakdown of interconnectedness in an almost post-apocalyptic way.

Tagged absence, connection, elegy, Emptiness, human connection, Interconnectedness, loss, Poem, poet, Poetry, presence, SelfLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Iain Grinbergs – Letter to Shunryū Suzuki (from Northampton, England)

August 3, 2025August 1, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Iain Grinbergs draws our attention to the sacred details around us in "Letter to Shunryū Suzuki (from Northampton, England)".

Tagged awareness, Buddhism, hunger, mundane, nourishment, observation, Poem, poet, Poetry, sacred, Shunryū Suzuki, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Leslie Young – Outside

July 27, 2025July 26, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

In Leslie Young's "Outside", the rush and chaos of the outside world is tempered by the intimacy and warmth of simple touch.

Tagged Anxiety, attention, chaos, holiness, human connection, intimacy, Mindfulness and Intimacy, outside, Poem, poet, Poetry, touchLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Richard Pettigrew – Specks

July 20, 2025July 18, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

From the shores of Kauai, surfer-poet Richard Pettigrew heads inward, immerses us in microcosm with his poem "Specks".

Tagged eternity, flow, Meditation, microcosm, particles, Poem, poet, Poetry, random, specksLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Ellie Snyder – Of Herd

July 13, 2025July 10, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Montana poet Ellie Snyder takes readers into the rugged landscapes of the American West with her sturdy poem "Of Herd".

Tagged bison, community, herd, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, wild, wilderness, Wyoming, Yellowstone1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Ryan Diaz – Our Lady of Longing

July 6, 2025July 3, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

The Dewdrop once again features work from New York poet and theologian Ryan Diaz, who threads the needle between desire and purity.

Tagged conflicted, connection, desire, holiness, holy, human experience, human nature, Longing, Poem, poet, Poetry, repression, sacred, sacredness, sensual, sensuality, Virgin MaryLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Benne van der Velde – Cheers

June 29, 2025June 26, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Prolific Dutch creative Benne van der Velde lets us in as witnesses to coming to terms with grief in his poem "Cheers".

Tagged cancer, gods, grief, loss, love, names, Poem, poet, Poetry, powerLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Andy Motz – a love poem

June 22, 2025June 19, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet and filmmaker Andy Motz revels in the openness of sharing intimacy in his five-part mini-epic "a love poem".

Tagged intimacy, LBGT, love, love poem, masculinity, Poem, poet, Poetry, Queer, queer poetry, relationship, same sex relationships, sex, timeLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Max Nobis – Sweetness Defined

June 15, 2025June 14, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Cleveland poet Max Nobis unspools an ode to Helen, a figure of radiance and mirth, an avatar worthy of adoration.

Tagged Compassion, Kindness, Light, love, motherhood, ode, Poem, poet, Poetry, prose poemLeave a comment

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