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Tag: summer

Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Summer Week 5

August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 Trent Thomson

Summer Week 5 BY KAPIL KACHRU

Tagged midsummer, rain, Seasonal, summer, truth, truthsLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Summer Week 4

August 2, 2025July 29, 2025 Trent Thomson

Summer Week 4 BY JAY HOWARD

Tagged red, Seasonal, summer, treeLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Summer Week 3

July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 Trent Thomson

Summer Week 3 BY EDWARD BARONOSKY

Tagged chrysanthemums, milky way, moonlight, Seasonal, summerLeave a comment
Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Summer Week 2

July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 Trent Thomson

Summer Week 2 BY DEBASHIS DEY

Tagged breeze, leaves, Seasonal, summerLeave a comment
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Weekly Haiku

dewdrops: Summer Week 1

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 Trent Thomson

Summer Week 1 BY JACK COLDICOTT

Tagged Fire, grass, komorebi, Light, Seasonal, summer, sunlightLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Kurtis Ebeling – Poppies

January 26, 2025January 23, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

In these days of bitter cold, poet Kurtis Ebeling has offered us an imagistic window into idyllic summer with his tranquil poem "Poppies".

Tagged nature, nature writing, outdoors, Poem, poet, Poetry, poppies, summer, Tranquility, Trees, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Anna Buynova – Lemonade

August 4, 2024August 1, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Russian-American poet Anna Buynova's poem "Lemonade" is a perfect draught to ease readers into the languid heat of August.

Tagged childhood, complexity, depth, lemonade, parenthood, Poem, poet, Poetry, summer, sweet and sour, tasteLeave a comment

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- BOOK BITS -

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  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
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- POETRY-

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  • Sarah Reichert – Divine Struggle
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  • Lawrence Bridges – Trees of Ojai
    Poet Lawrence Bridges once again shows readers of The Dewdrop how Zen simplicity and awareness can be a sacred thing.
  • A Year of Kō: 7th Sekki
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