Tag Archives: Spiritual Poetry

SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: PRAYERS LIKE SHOES

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

FROM PRAYERS LIKE SHOES By Ruth Forman STAND why so afraid to stand up? someone will tell you sit down? but here is the truth someone will always tell you sit down the ones we remember kept standing PRAYERS LIKE … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: HEARTWRECKS

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

FROM HEARTWRECKS By Nicolas Destino RESURRECTION Back in the city they were erecting the moon every night with ropes, pulling, as everything needed to rise to reverse what fell. In an upstate kitchen, amid the languid, flat dough, they got … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: WILLIAM KELLEY WOOLFITT

Posted on December 22, 2012 by

SHE REMEMBERS THE WEDDING OF SAMSON AND HER SISTER By William Kelley Woolfitt From my hiding spot, what I saw of him was as I thought the lion dying and torn, or the bees—flitting from the carcass’s dark cave—might see, … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RABBI RACHEL BARENBLAT

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

SUFGANIYOT By Rabbi Rachel Barenblat In oil, pale circles roll and flip, doughy moons inflating. The fun part: poking a finger inside, giving a wiggle and twist, pushing a dollop of jam knuckle-deep, then two, ’til the cavity gleams raspberry. … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: TAWNYSHA GREENE

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

BREAKING BREAD AT AL QALZAM by Tawnysha Greene My first time alone with the women in Saudi Arabia, abayas, head covers off and I see their faces, their hair free. Hands touch me, lead me down a line of greetings, … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: WYN COOPER

Posted on October 27, 2012 by

HOW SILENT THE TREES By Wyn Cooper for Liam Rector, 1949–2007 How the hell are you, I want to ask but can’t—you’re dead. How hard the snow fell, how slowly it melts. How to tie a knot big enough to … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: FIERCE THIS FALLING

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

                                       Cover art by Rachel Melis. Cover design by Judith Kerman. FROM FIERCE THIS FALLING By Betsy Johnson-Miller WHAT IF WINTER IS MY BUDDHA I concentrate on envy, for those who are free of winter are surely at peace. Holding … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: HAFIZ

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

A GOLDEN COMPASS By Hafiz Forget every idea of right and wrong Any classroom ever taught you Because An empty heart, a tormented mind, Unkindness, jealousy and fear Are always the testimony You have been completely fooled! Turn your back … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: KILIAN MCDONNELL

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

ON HEARING THINGS MALE By Kilian McDonnell In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth . . . a wind from God swept over the face of the waters . . . Then God said, “Let there … Continue reading →

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