It's not without harshness and brutal honesty that poet Jonathan Jones lays out all the discomforts of reality in his poem "man in the rain".
Tag: faith
Nathan Bakken – How to Be a Theologian
Poet and theologian Nathan Bakken writes a three-part discourse on working in faith with his poem "How to Be a Theologian".
Maureen Martinez – How to Pass as a Woman of Faith
Emerging poet Maureen Martinez slows us down for a moment with her hybrid prose poem "How to Pass as a Woman of Faith".
Homa Mojadidi – Submission
Afghan-American poet Homa Mojadidi manifests the magnitude and all-encompassing power of reverence and divinity with her poem "Submission".
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.