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Featured Poetry

Emily Tong – Girlhood Ghazal

September 27, 2026September 25, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Using the ancient poetic form of the ghazal, Asian-American poet Emily Tong searches for home in her "Girlhood Ghazal".

Tagged blood, displacement, femininity, ghazal, home, loss, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, power, repetitionLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Riley Danvers – [Soma]tic

September 20, 2026September 17, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Oregon poet Riley Danvers reveals what it means to be human in a painful state of flux in her avant-garde [Soma]tic.

Tagged abuse, Body, experimental poetry, life, Poem, poet, Poetry, relationship, Relationships, ViolenceLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Phach Huynh – Traces

September 13, 2026September 11, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Ho Chi Minh City poet Phach Huynh reveals all the stories and presences which are held in the lonely silences with his masterful "Traces".

Tagged absence, loss, memories, memory, Poem, poet, Poetry, presence, Quiet, restraint, Silence, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Vietnamese Poet, Zen10 Comments
Featured Poetry

Halina Goldstein – How to Play the Gong

September 6, 2026September 5, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Spiritual teacher and poet Halina Goldstein unfolds a rhythm of vibrancy, glory, and emptiness with her poem "How to Play the Gong".

Tagged Buddha, buddha nature, empowerment, gong, music, Poem, poet, Poetry, rhythm, spiritual music, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jonathan Jones – man in the rain

August 16, 2026August 14, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

It's not without harshness and brutal honesty that poet Jonathan Jones lays out all the discomforts of reality in his poem "man in the rain".

Tagged atheism, chaos, faith, God, illusion, nihilism, Poem, poet, Poetry, Reality, Suffering, truthLeave a comment
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Nathan Bakken – How to Be a Theologian

August 9, 2026August 8, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet and theologian Nathan Bakken writes a three-part discourse on working in faith with his poem "How to Be a Theologian".

Tagged faith, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, reflection, religion, theologian, theologyLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Richard Pettigrew – Drunken Flora

August 2, 2026August 2, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Surfer-poet of Hawaii, Richard Pettigrew, once again swings by The Dewdrop, this time with a botanical tragedy "Drunken Flora".

Tagged beauty, Death, flora, flowers, glory, loss, Meditation, nature, perish, Poem, poet, Poetry1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Constance Clark – This Heat Sculpts a Spell

July 26, 2026July 26, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Allow the summer heat of Constance Clark's "This Heat Sculpts a Spell" soak into you, as her poem unfolds its petals as an ode to connection.

Tagged companionship, connection, heat, intensity, ko, life, micro seasons, Poem, poet, Poetry, Seasonal, seasons, Solitude, summerLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Gene Hyde – Evening Meditation with Charles Lloyd on the Hi-Fi

July 19, 2026July 18, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Gene Hyde meditates on the transcendence of a day's collapse into dusk with his "Evening Meditation with Charles Lloyd on the Hi-Fi".

Tagged awareness, Meditation, music, observation, Poem, poet, Poetry, reflection, spiritual jazz, spiritual music, Zen1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Mark J. Mitchell – Lazy Afternoon Poem

July 12, 2026July 11, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Longtime San Francisco-based poet Mark J. Mitchell eases readers into the warm heavy heart of summer with his "Lazy Afternoon Poem".

Tagged avoidance, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, Quiet, sentimentality, Stillness, symbolism, timeLeave a comment

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