Religious Poetry

Meet Paro. A girl with a strong will, a full heart, and much to learn. Born into a family reeling from the ruptures of Partition in India, we follow her as she crosses the precarious lines between childhood, teenage discovery, and realizing her adult self. In the process, Paro must confront fear, desire and the darkest parts of herself in the search for meaning and, ultimately, empowerment.

Padre José sempre teve carinho e dedicação aos fiéis da comunidade onde serve. Apaixonado por sua vocação, não perde uma oportunidade de socorrer os que mais precisam. Porém, nunca ia imaginar que essa atitude iria causar uma mudança brusca em sua vida. Certo dia, num ato impulsivo, ele resolve ajudar um rapaz, sem saber que está cometendo um grande erro. Criticado pelas autoridades e pela mídia, o sacerdote se vê obrigado a deixar sua paróquia.

Jonathan Landry está cada vez más agobiado por su trabajo y por su matrimonio fracasado. Un día su madre le pide que se reúna urgentemente con su tío, Julian Mantle, a quien casi no conoce. Hace años Julian, un abogado de gran éxito, decidió vender todas sus posesiones, incluido su flamante Ferrari, y se refugió en un monasterio del Himalaya. Ahora Julian necesita la ayuda de Jonathan.

Every day, Tyler Knott Gregson posts romantic and striking poems on Instagram, enchanting his many fans with his authentic and deeply personal voice. Tyler's newest audiobook showcases his inspiring poems, but it also goes one step deeper to reveal his secrets to cultivating this sense of wonder for the world. In this insightful guide, listeners will learn how to uncover their creativity, find inspiration, and live a life that is more.

Psicóloga experiente, Gabriela sempre tratou a religião como crendice ou truque da mente. Quando sua mãe fica doente, ela acaba se aproximando do capelão do hospital, padre José, mais em busca de apoio do que por uma questão de fé. Após o falecimento da mãe, Gabriela mantém contato com o sacerdote, confortável pelo fato de ele não procurar convertê-la. Porém, depois de pouco mais de um mês, a psicóloga tem uma notícia devastadora: uma grave doença se alastra por seu corpo. Como lidar com a mente dos pacientes se a sua própria já não parece funcionar mais?

Engaging closely with the violence, oppression, and injustice that she witnessed in her lifetime, Muriel Rukeyser was one of the seminal poets of the mid-twentieth century. Closely informed by issues relating to equality, social justice, feminism, and Judaism, her impassioned poetry was often seen as a mode of social protest, but it was also heralded for its deep emotional impact. The Essential Muriel Rukeyser represents the curation of Rukeyser’s most enduring and urgent work, gathered in one volume that spans the many decades of her life and career.

Chris' wonderful anthology features famous poems, old and new, and a few surprises. Classic verses from William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, W. B. Yeats and Christina Rossetti sit alongside poems from Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Carol Ann Duffy, Neil Gaiman and Roger McGough to create the ultimate collection brought to life by Sam West's exquisite readings.

Nima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone.

Need Machine clamors through the brain like an unruly marching band. Both caustic and thoughtful, these poems offer a topography of modern life writ large in twitchy, neon splendor, in a voice as sure as a surgeon and as trustworthy as a rumor. Honest, irreverent, and sharply indifferent, this audiobook will "hogtie you with awe."

In an era when women are sequestered and silenced, Miryam of Magdala lives a contended life until her son's careless gesture evokes a hostile action that shatters her serenity. With no hope of justice, Miryam commits an unthinkable act... and descends into depths of darkness that threaten her life and her sanity. Even after Yeshua the Messiah dramatically restores her life, Miryam can neither forget nor forgive unresolved injustices.

जहाँ मौत नहीं है, बुढ़ापा नहीं है, जनता के असन्तोष और राज्यसभाई जीवन का सन्तुलन नहीं है वह कविता है नागार्जुन की। ढाई पसली के घुमन्तु जीव, दमे के मरीज, गृहस्थी का भार-फिर भी क्या ताकत है नागार्जुन की कविताओं में! और कवियों में जहाँ छायावादी कल्पनाशीलता प्रबल हुई है, नागार्जुन की छायावादी काव्य-शैली कभी की खत्म हो चुकी है। अन्य कवियों में रहस्यवाद और यथार्थवाद को लेकर द्वन्द्व हुआ है, नागार्जुन का व्यंग्य और पैना हुआ है, क्रान्तिकारी आस्था और दृढ़ हुई है, उनके यथार्थ-चित्रण में अधिक विविधता और प्रौढ़ता आई है।...

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!

For every moment in your life there is a poem. In Dancing by the Light of the Moon, we have a remarkable collection of over 250 best-loved poems in the English-speaking world. Allow Gyles Brandreth to be your guide to not only the wonders of poetry - and there are many - but also its practical uses in everyday life.

New York Times best-selling author Maci Bookout shares a bold and authentic collection of poems exploring her inner life as a young mother, wife, and woman. In this eclectic collection of free verse, Maci Bookout lays bare the pain of past heartbreak, while revealing the strength of womanhood and the power to be found in the truth. Taking cues from the style of Rupi Kaur and Charly Cox, Maci’s poetry tells a picturesque tale that weaves through her life thus far, from the emotional collapse of past relationships to the serenity and fortitude she found within herself.

A special live recording at London's Soho Theatre - plus two exclusive bonus tracks. Since forming in 2008, Mark Grist and MC Mixy have been challenging the preconceptions of poetry and hiphop across the country. This audio was recorded at the Soho Theatre in London in 2012, during their third national tour, titled 'Anywhere and Everywhere'. During the tour the pair performed in schools, pubs, nightclubs, office blocks, market places, theatres, parks, taxi cabs, sitting rooms and universities across the country.

Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez; nacío en San Miguel de Nepantla, actual México en 1651. Escritora mexicana. Fue la mayor figura de las letras hispanoamericanas del siglo XVII. Niña prodigio, aprendió a leer y escribir a los tres años, y a los ocho escribió su primera loa. Pese a la fama de que gozaba, en 1667 ingresó en un convento de las carmelitas descalzasde México, y permaneció en él cuatro meses, al cabo de los cuales lo abandonó por problemas de salud.

Veronica Matthews is on a mission to get the Catholic Church to accept its share of blame for Father Paul Peña’s rape of her son. While Peña himself is remorseless, it’s salt on the wound that the Church she’s always loved won’t admit that institutional failures enabled repeated abuse of its flock. Instead, it acts like every other litigious corporation: offering carefully worded statements of sympathy while refuting any responsibility.

In Preface to Paradise Lost, the Christian apologist and revered scholar and professor of literature closely examines the style, content, structure, and themes of Milton’s masterpiece, a retelling of the biblical story of the Fall of Humankind, Satan’s temptation, and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Considering the story within the context of the Western literary tradition, Lewis offers invaluable insights into Paradise Lost and the nature of literature itself, unveiling the poem’s beauty and its wisdom.

Aquinas at Prayer draws attention to important aspects of Aquinas's life and work which have been all too often overlooked or forgotten. Today Aquinas is almost exclusively regarded as an outstanding scholastic philosopher and theologian. But what is little known is that Aquinas was, first and last, a teacher of the Bible - a Master of the Sacred Page. Moreover there is a distinctly mystical character to his theology. And, as a writer, he was not only a poet but, arguably, the greatest Latin poet of the Middle Ages.

Shekhinah Speaks is an effort to give voice to the Shekhinah, described in mystical Jewish tradition as the immanent, feminine aspect of God who dwells with human beings and shares our feelings and experiences. Tradition imagines the Shekhinah as a passive, mostly silent presence. These poems tune in to a Shekhinah who never stops talking. Her language is sampled from chapters of the Book of Isaiah and Cosmopolitan articles whose content resonates with one another (the source texts are indicated by the epigraphs).