Afghan-American poet Homa Mojadidi manifests the magnitude and all-encompassing power of reverence and divinity with her poem "Submission".
Tag: faith
Wallace Stevens – The Snowman
A poem imbued with a sense of healing and strength cultivated over many seasons, enabling the capacity for wide-open looking and listening.
Heather Swan – Another Day Filled with Sleeves of Light
In our time alive, what if we trusted just as the falling raindrop trusts the holding of the approaching ocean?
Bianca Rey – That Night Mongaup Pond Went Silent
As readers, we are present in a moment of profound realization in Bianca Rey's poem "That Night Mongaup Pond Went Silent".
Joanne Grumet – Exegesis
In seven succinct lines, poet Joanne Grumet explores the relationship between language and faith with her poem "Exegesis".
patricia a. heisser métoyer – Mastodon
Existence is a state of constant flux, as is what it means to be sacred. patricia a. heisser métoyer displays this in her epic "Mastodon".
Lucille Clifton – Blessing the Boats
Lucille Clifton's heartfelt blessing to those going forward into the mystery of unknowing, or adversity and the vast sea.
Anthony Russell White – The Faith of Leaping
White's poem encourages us to embrace a larger trust in life; to risk uncertainty for the precious reward of life fully lived.
Jo Matthews – And what about prayers
In her powerful three-part poem "And what about prayers", poet Jo Matthews explores the potential and constraints of prayer and faith.
Christie Gardiner – Faith, perhaps
In Christie Gardiner's "Faith, perhaps", she shines the yellow-green glow of fireflies on the struggle to retain holiness in one's life.