Religious Poetry

A collection of 52 poems, one for every week of the year.

The three sections of Terrance Hayes’ seventh collection explore how we see ourselves and our world, mapping the strange and lyrical grammar of thinking and feeling. In “Watch Your Mouth,” a tree frog sings to overcome its fear of birds; in “Watch Your Step: The Kafka Virus,” a talking cat tells jokes in the Jim Crow South; in “Watch Your Head,“ green beans bling in the mouth of Lil Wayne, and Bob Ross paints your portrait.

In Customs, Solmaz Sharif examines what it means to exist in the nowhere of the arrivals terminal, a continual series of checkpoints, officers, searches, and questionings that become a relentless experience of America. With resignation and austerity, these poems trace a pointed indoctrination to the customs of the nation-state and the English language, and the realities they impose upon the imagination, the paces they put us through.

Sara es la narración de un peregrinaje por reinos hostiles y tierras inhóspitas, mientras cumplen con las arbitrarias indicaciones transmitidas a Abraham por Iahvé o "el Mago", un ser multiforme al que no parece gustarle la risa.

It has been twenty-eight years since Sandra Cisneros published a book of poetry. With dozens of never-before-seen poems, Woman Without Shame is a moving collection of songs, elegies, and declarations that chronicle her pilgrimage toward rebirth and the recognition of her prerogative as a woman artist. These bluntly honest and often humorous meditations on memory, desire, and the essential nature of love blaze a path toward self-awareness. For Cisneros, Woman Without Shame is the culmination of her search for home—in the Mexico of her ancestors and in her own heart.

Poetry, like religion, is the practice of wonder—a way of being open, a way of reaching out to touch the hem of the world’s garment. Like the great spiritual teachers, poetry invites us to be radically present, to inhabit the world a little more closely, to attend a little more lovingly, with an awareness beyond the mere mind. The numinous shines right before our eyes, nonchalantly hidden, poorly disguised. God lurks in the shadowy places.

I Am Valuable is a book of poetry that sheds light on all that must truly be treasured. While covering a vast array of topics, including ostracization, temptations, and speculation, the poet focuses on what should be held important the most – love, compassion, and confidence. Most importantly, eternal faith in God and the belief that hard work overcomes hardships is stressed. Rich in tone with profound descriptions, each poem works its magic as the reader revels in its beauty.

The ingredients of this composition which includes, uplifting messages, inspirational and funny poetry, synopsis of every poetry, heartwarming and consoling portraits and true stories blends to create this inspirational masterpiece stew. This stew has transformed poetry to a whole new level which brings non-poetry and poetry lovers together. The author Chris Apoder O'Riordan-Adjah uses his diverse, passionate and relentless experience to create this masterpiece for all.

In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling - and being - in love to ways to help you deal with a painful break-up or the memories of people loved and lost, this is an audio edition to savour and share with all your friends.

Poet, teacher, essayist, anthologist, songwriter and singer, Naomi Shihab Nye is one of the country's most acclaimed writers. Her voice is generous; her vision true; her subjects ordinary people, and ordinary situations which, when rendered through her language, become remarkable.

Spiritual Enlightenment is a collection of poems that deals with spiritual teachings, relationships, and human interactions that invokes dialogue for the betterment of humanity. Furthermore, it is my intent to awaken social consciousness through my poetry that encourages self-introspection and spirituality.

Anna Mitchael’s spiritual quest led her to craft this exquisite collection of short, incisive vignettes. As they unfold, we observe a woman grow from childhood into early adulthood, and through a crisis that ultimately turns into an awakening. She asks questions, explores, falls, and gets back up, learning to sift the messages she is told, seeking to discover who she is and for truth beyond what the world has prescribed for her happiness. For hearts in search of lasting truth, this collection poses questions to help us find the answer.

When Alice’s Uncle Sam brings home a mysterious calendar that’s short on chocolate but big on surprises, she is thrown into an advent she never dreamed of. Codes arrive by text message and open the doors in the calendar, drawing Alice and Sam into fantastical new worlds that are wondrous, frightening and beautiful - and strangely familiar.

It is Yom Kippur, and the entire village - a town so poor there is nothing to steal and no one to steal it from - is praying in shul, observing the daylong fast. There is an out-of-town stranger with them - a rich visitor and a generous one too: He donates to the rabbi, the cantor, the shul, and the poorest of the town. So it is particularly shocking when, near the end of the service, the visitor suddenly discovers that the rest of the money he had with him has been stolen!

Innermost is a collection of both free-verse and fixed-verse poetry written over a period of half a decade about every emotion felt inside the human heart. These poems will transport you to a whole other world within the innermost depths of the human soul.

We are so accustomed to wearing a mask, disguising ourselves from others, that we’ve successfully ended up disguised to ourselves. For the Sake of Sharing is a collection of spiritual poems, along with what the author considers random threads of transformative thinking, to help you remove that mask for good.

Tina Jordan's writing invites you to relax, hear, and feel soul-stirring moments in and across time, captured in verse. Drawn from the author's own dreams and daydreams, each piece explores the depths of the human heart and mind. Ranging from romantic to slightly bizarre, the selections within offer up an array of emotions and surprises to be experienced by the listener.

Tackling issues of transitioning into a new environment, rocky relationships, discovering your identity, and the challenges of growing up in an ever-changing society, this memoir takes listeners on an emotional inside look of a high-schooler navigating the waters of fading childhood and into the sunrise of adulthood. A cathartic recollection of the past four years of the author's experiences told entirely through poems.

As the times change and many more brothers and sisters recognize that God is giving us the glory and opportunity to help others recognize the love that he has for us we continue to see more of our brothers and sisters be saved and put up on the right path that God has laid out for us with his powerful grace and mercy. As we also continue our journey and we grow in major numbers to follow our savior Jesus Christ it will be God's will to lift up anyone who recognizes Jesus Christ as our savior as well as those who are blind to the light of life that he will lead us to our father in heaven.

Athena G.’s 1st poetry project, titled Lost Girl gives her audience a deeper connection as she touches on her experiences growing up in America as a child of first-generation Filipino immigrants. Her poetry depicts the diaspora of identity, culture and learning to blend home with the outside world. Like a painting, her words tell intimate stories about the journey of becoming the woman she is today and the battles she has faced along the way.