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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
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

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
Featured Poetry

Patrick Trombly – Betsy

October 19, 2025October 17, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Re-emerging poet Patrick Trombly wakes us up and smears us with light and disarray with his postmodern poem "Betsy".

Tagged awaken, God, Gratitude, Light, morning, Morning Poem, Poem, poet, Poetry, thankfulness, wake, wakingLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Neil Flory – ostinati

October 12, 2025October 11, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet and classical pianist Neil Flory breaks the cold hush of an autumnal moment in his sparse "ostinati".

Tagged autumn, awareness, mindfulness, nature, observation, ostinati, pattern, Poem, poet, Poetry, rhythmLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Carsten Czarnecki – Hunter’s Curse & Cure

October 5, 2025October 3, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

With primal surrealism, poet Carsten Czarnecki serves as a guide into a sort of dark mysticism in his poem "Hunter's Curse & Cure".

Tagged dark, Death, healing, hunter, hunting, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, prey, Violence1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Moudi Sbeity – May You Wake with Goodness

September 28, 2025September 26, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

With their poem "May You Wake with Goodness", Lebanese-American poet Moudi Sbeity extends the kindness of an Arabic blessing.

Tagged Arabic, bless, blessing, goodness, healing, Kindness, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, prayers, wake2 Comments

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