Poet Iain Grinbergs draws our attention to the sacred details around us in "Letter to Shunryū Suzuki (from Northampton, England)".
Tag: sacred
Ryan Diaz – Our Lady of Longing
The Dewdrop once again features work from New York poet and theologian Ryan Diaz, who threads the needle between desire and purity.
Marie Howe – Annunciation
“All I know is that some things have happened that I don’t understand, and they are the most true things I’ve known.”
Ingrid M. Calderón – come to me
Los Angeles poet Ingrid M. Calderón breathes a little fire into the cold hours of February with her passionate "come to me".
A Temple of Living Pillars: John Fowles’ Ode to the Sacred and Sensuous Tree
Author John Fowles on the ways in which trees and forests formed the bedrock of his own creative, psychic and religious sensibility.
Karen Luke Jackson – Noon Prayer at Salisbury Cathedral
In Karen Luke Jackson's stunning "Prayer at Salisbury Cathedral", we are guided up stone, glass, and spire alongside prayers of parishioners.
Jenna Wysong Filbrun – Lost Creek Wilderness (Communion)
Jenna Wysong Filbrun's "Lost Creek Wilderness (Communion)" is both an ode to wilderness and to the sacredness inherent in it.
Billy Collins – Shoveling Snow With Buddha
Collins' outlandish and endearing image of the Buddha's wholehearted snow shoveling, with thoughts of hot chocolate and an imminent game of cards.
Patrice Bavos – Sedona Prayer
New Jersey poet Patrice Bavos offers a gracious praise poem of a spiritual place with her lovely "Sedona Prayer".
The Sacred is the Everyday – Joan Chittister
Benedictine nun Joan Chittister sees spirituality not as something contained in sacred places or practices, but as something deeply integrated into our daily lives.