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Featured Poetry

Nathan Hassall – Perhaps it is Grief

May 26, 2024May 23, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

Trancelike, Nathan Hassall's "Perhaps it is Grief" examines death and loss, reveals the interplay between love and endings.

Tagged ending, existence, grief, loss, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, time, UniverseLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Kathryn Kimball – 432Hz

January 28, 2024January 27, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

With Zen-like precision and sparseness, poet Kathryn Kimball leads us down currents of time, connection, and calmness with her poem "432Hz".

Tagged calmness, frequency, Interconnectedness, Meditation, music, Poem, poet, Poetry, time, vibration, Zen2 Comments
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Naomi Shihab Nye – The Art of Disappearing

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 Vanessa Able

A tribute to the serene wisdom of choosing when to step into the light and when to fade into the shadows.

Tagged carpe diem, contemplation, disappearing, Poem, Poetry, preciousness, Solitude, time, Tranquility, withdrawalLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Ellen Girardeau Kempler – Jet Lag

October 15, 2023October 13, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Ellen Girarardeau Kempler's "Jet Lag" places us in the rugged Arizona desert and takes us back into the furthest expanses of geologic time.

Tagged change, earth, geology, history, Poem, poet, Poetry, time, transformation, TravelLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Sheila Lynch-Benttinen – Equations

September 17, 2023September 15, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Massachusetts poet Sheila Lynch-Benttinen's "Equations" is a work of heavy content, juxtaposed with simple elegance and sparseness.

Tagged aging, choice, life, life-and-death, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, time1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Jenna Wysong Filbrun – Aspiration

May 7, 2023May 4, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Jenna Wysong Filbrun reminds us that we have so much to learn from the natural world, with her poem "Aspiration".

Tagged Aspiration, aspire, learning, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, time, tree, TreesLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Deborah Schwartz – Brother

April 16, 2023April 14, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Deborah Schwartz's "Brother" is a poem yearning and pleading for connection, amidst the background notes of time slipping ceaselessly by.

Tagged brother, connection, family, Interconnectedness, legacy, loss, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, time, yearningLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Emily Fernandez – Please begin

January 8, 2023January 5, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

The Dewdrop's first Featured Poem of 2023, is an offering from poet Emily Fernandez. It serves as a perfect introduction to the year.

Tagged awaken, Awakening, beginnings, future, mindfulness, past, Poem, poet, Poetry, reflection, time4 Comments
Featured Poetry

Nadir Feroz – Doused

November 20, 2022November 18, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Penned while he sat by the Nile River, Nadir Feroz's "Doused" carries the themes of time, eternity, light, and mortality in its currents.

Tagged current, eternity, mortality, Nile, Poem, poet, Poetry, river, Sudan, time2 Comments
Featured Poetry

Rebecca Doverspike – Choreography

October 23, 2022October 27, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

In her poem "Choreography", interfaith chaplain Rebecca Doverspike dances from wind, pines, and leaves, to the mental workings of an elderly patient.

Tagged beauty, Death, healing, impermanence, loss, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, timeLeave a comment

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