Faith, Hope and Poetry explores the poetic imagination as a way of knowing; a way of seeing reality more clearly. Presenting a series of critical appreciations of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day, Malcolm Guite applies the insights of poetry to contemporary issues and the contribution poetry can make to our religious knowing and the way we 'do Theology'. Readers of this book will return to their reading of poetry equipped with new insights and enthusiasm and will be challenged to integrate imaginative ways of knowing into their other academic and intellectual pursuits.
In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page. Be with yourself for a moment. Be yourself for a moment. Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment. From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of coming-of-age poems exploring issues of identity, difference, perseverance, relationships, fear, loss, and joy. From youth to school to family life to falling in love and falling back out again—the poems draw on the author’s experience as a young mixed-race woman trying to make sense of a lonely and complicated world. With a strong narrative voice and emotional empathy, this is poetry that will resonate with all young people, whatever their background and whatever their dreams.
"Walk by Faith: Poems to Encourage Yourself" is a collection of sixty pages that will motivate you to love your spirit, soul, and body. This book of positive power talk will increase your confidence throughout every trial and triumph of your life. You have what you say..so speak success. Excerpt from Book Use your heart not your eyes The Devil is sly He can only lie He'll use his tricks and try to disguise himself as the nice guy But he's there to deceive You into giving your power like eve Post pics with u just to be seen He got his girl back U on the wrong team Make u cook n clean Never his turn just mean Good looks appeal to the eye But the guilt will make you cry Baby girl run while there's time My brother use your heart not your eyes Can't you see she just wants a good high To Take your money and say goodbye Use your car to take a drive Make a check on her list And see who else can hit Vent to you bout another Then go back to him Making you suffer She's mesmerized by the vibe you give Playing the game intuitive Use your heart not your eyes Wait for real love this time Don't force nun get to know The person and the soul Go deeper then that Learn the spirit in fact Is it holy or demonic Cmon be honest You can be judge free Pray and plant the seed But beware of deceit You live for Him not the Earth Your story is different you've been rebirthed Don't dim your light I know temptation can seem nice But the pain isn't slight Your reward is perfect just right God has got the right one in plain sight Review "I appreciated the raw, honest, and emotional nature of your poetry. I hope you are still writing"- Writing Professor at Babson College
Flow - Poems of Faith is a spiritual journey about the sections of the New and Old Testament. Whether you are experiencing pain, anger, depression, loss, confusion, or change, you are invited to find God's peace and love with the poetry found in Flow. You are also encouraged after each poem to contribute your own God-inspired creativity with a poem, song, or prayer. Flow - Poems of Faith is Vincent Lowry's sixth book. His other works are American Vineyard, #LucysLetter - The Children of the Greenhouse Age, Surfing the Seconds, Dreams Reign Supreme, and Constellation Chronicles - The Lost Civilization of Aries.
Some Glad Morning, Barbara Crooker’s ninth book of poetry, teeters between joy and despair, faith and doubt, the disconnect between lived experience and the written word. Primarily a lyric poet, Crooker is in love with the beauty and mystery of the natural world, even as she recognizes its fragility. But she is also a poet unafraid to write about the consequences of our politics, the great divide. She writes as well about art, with ekphrastic poems on paintings by Hopper, O’Keeffe, Renoir, Matisse, Cézanne, and others. Many of the poems are elegaic in tone, an older writer tallying up her losses. Her work embodies Bruce Springsteen’s dictum, “it ain’t no sin to be glad we’re alive,” as she celebrates the explosion of spring peonies, chocolate mousse, a good martini, hummingbirds’ flashy metallics, the pewter light of September, Darryl Dawkins (late NBA star), saltine crackers. While she recognizes it might all be about to slip away, “Remember that nothing is ever lost,” she writes, and somehow, we do.
An inspiring groundbreaking collection of poems that encourage strength, faith, and love. It is an inviting personal insight into life experiences and the strength to overcome strenuous circumstances. A treasured keepsake for all to indulge.
The Bible is by far the leading source of inspiration for Western literature, and in particular, the life of Jesus has drawn the attention of artists and writers throughout the ages. Now, in a volume of astonishing range and originality, Robert Atwan, George Dardess, and Peggy Rosenthal present 280 remarkable poems from world literature focusing on Jesus's life and teaching. Readers accustomed to the predictable inclusions of many anthologies will be surprised and delighted by the diversity of poets represented here, from Aquinas, Dante, de Guevara, Donne, and Sor Juana, to D.H. Lawrence, Gabriela Mistral, Wole Soyinka, Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn Brooks, Czeslaw Milosz, and Leopold Senghor. Perhaps no other thematically organized anthology could have brought together writers as different as Jorge Luis Borges, Thomas Merton, Alice Walker, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Jack Kerouac. Indeed, simply to turn the page in Divine Inspiration is an adventure in itself. And in terms of form, style, modulations of tone and perspective, the variety here is as unparalleled as it is unpredictable. The editors of Divine Inspiration have done a masterful job of unifying this vast assortment of poems. Organized chronologically around the life of Jesus, the book is divided into nine sections--from Birth and Infancy, through Healings and Miracles, to the Resurrection-- and presents passages from the Gospels followed by the poems they inspired. This structure gives readers the dual pleasures of a strong narrative pull punctuated by moments of lyric intensity. Our familiarity with the life of Jesus is thus enlivened, deepened, and in some cases wholly transformed by the imaginative power of the poems. In the largest section of the book, on the Passion of Jesus, we find an array of poems by Anna Akhmatova, Antonio Machado, Thomas Hardy, Miguel de Unamuno, Charles Baudelaire, R.S. Thomas, Andrew Marvell, Frederico Garcia Lorca, and Denise Levertov, among others. To see the Passion of Jesus refracted through the lenses of such poets is to see it anew, or more vividly than before. And to encounter Chinese, Korean, Nigerian, Arab, Latin American, Scandinavian, Hungarian, and Greek poets alongside English, French, and German is a testimony both to the editors' devoted scholarship and to the power of Jesus's life to inspire great poetry across a spectrum of cultures and eras. An invaluable sourcebook for students, scholars, and general readers alike, Divine Inspiration should prove equally satisfying to readers with a strong interest in religion and to all lovers of poetry.
The book contains Christian poems, prayers, and inspirations written in a forty-year span of daily journaling experience, now in print to inspire and uplift body, mind, and spirit in simple easy-to-read poems that woo and inspire one to a holy desire to have a closer and more intimate walk with the Lord Jesus Christ as one journeys through life.
This first volume by prolific writer, Lon Cole, speaks to the heart of those in need of healing and hope. Cole, a sufferer of early onset Alzheimers, understands deeply the moments of despair and the need to hold onto a glimmer of light that will shine through the darkness of a heavy heart. He shares his poetry with the world in a desire to offer inspiration. His belief is that his life struggles have been mitigated by the outpouring of poetic thought. Cole's writing is a soothing source of support for all those with physical, emotional, and psychological burdens as he opens up to the process of hurting, accepting, and seeking understanding and guidance through the challenges. His poetry asks poignant questions and poses healing solutions. Selections like "Discovery" take the reader on a short journey of problem recognition and divinely-inspired solutions. Cole's poetry reminds the reader to believe, believe, believe. You Are Not Alone is a timeless collection of poetry that will inspire people for generations to come.
This book is based on inspirational poems of faith, memories, hopes and dreams for all who have experienced these at sometime in their lives. It is my hope that some or all of these poems will give solace and thought to all those who read them.
