Lewis Hyde weighs up the use of memory and asks, when is forgetting the best strategy?
Tag: Zen
Jerrice J. Baptiste – Pilgrim
Haitian-born poet Jerrice J. Baptiste allows us a space to breathe and be still with her phenomenal poem "Pilgrim"
Jovan Virag – Torii Gates
California poet Jovan Virag serves readers as a guide up to a mountaintop Shinto shrine in Japan with her poem "Torri Gates".
Jane Hirshfield – Tree
In this poem, Hirshfield asks us: Whose voices, which urgings from within and without, will we follow onto a life’s path?
“Penetrate Life” – Taisen Deshimaru on Living in the Here and Now
The grandson of a retired samurai, Deshimaru took a lot of wisdom from the principles of martial arts.
Tsultrim Nyi-O – Silence
Buddhist practitioner and chaplain Tsultrim Nyi-O offers readers a selection of Zen haiku tidbits, which leave us transcendent.
Kashiana Singh – In Samadhi
The Dewdrop is honored to publish the meditative haiku sequence "In Samadhi" by poet and speaker Kashiana Singh.
Kathryn Kimball – 432Hz
With Zen-like precision and sparseness, poet Kathryn Kimball leads us down currents of time, connection, and calmness with her poem "432Hz".
A Fire Runs Through All Things: Susan Murphy on How We Can Meet the Climate Crisis
An interview with Susan Murphy about her new book and what koan practice can teach us about engaging the climate crisis.
Kashiana Singh – Unknowing
Kashiana Singh closes out our year here at The Dewdrop with simplicity, wisdom, and quietude with her string of haiku, "Unknowing".