Unholy Sonnets5 reviews Mark Jarman Story Line Press, 2000 Poetry in celebration of prayer, gratitude, suffering & joy. + Unholy and Holy + Poems that can save lives + a new type of devotional poetry             The Gift74 reviews Hafiz Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 Beautiful and celebratory poetry + Hafiz' "The Gift" + Pure LOVE in a form of poetry + The Gift unreceived             Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way26 reviews Ursula K. Le Guin, Lao Tzu Shambhala, 1998 Excellent! + A translation that maintains the heart and soul of the Master + Great translation + Ursula's Tao             Rumi: Gardens of the Beloved Maryam Mafi Element Books Ltd., 2004 This book is a collection of quatrains by Rumi, a treasury of wisdom and love. The poems depict man's inner travel through the different states of the path to Truth.             Between Two Souls: Conversations with Ryokan2 reviews Mary Lou Kownacki, Ryokan Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004 "CATCHING" AN EXTRAVAGANT HEART . . . + A WORK WHICH WANTS SILENT WEEKS, WHICH READS IN THE WAY OF LECTIO DIVINA; WITH THE POWER IF WE PERMIT IT TO TEACH US TO PRAY At first, the magic of this book will be seen in the idea of building a relationship between a Zen monk of 19th century Japan, and a contemporary Benedictine (USA) nun through the 'exchange' of poems. They are the alternating voices in this unusual dialogue, one that needs to be read at a measured ...             Being Home: Discovering the Spiritual in the Everyday3 reviews Gunilla Norris, Greta Sibley HiddenSpring, 2002 inspiring guide + The intro is the best part + A beautiful meditation on the real meaning of home This book not only is an accessible guide to the practice of savoring the moment, but it is written and illustrated so beautifully that just reading it is a spiritual pleasure. As a minister, I distribute it to beginners in spiritual practice and also enjoy re-reading it myself.             Soul Is Here For Its Own Joy9 reviews Robert Bly Ecco, 1999 A masterful collection + A Global, Historical Buffet of Spirituality + READINGS THAT MIRROR THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY + Truly Joyous + Three lines of poetry send me into a reverie             Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West47 reviews Various Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 Great Gift! + Love Poems from God + mystical,reminds me of the "song of solomon" + Love Poems from God + Truly Love from God             American Religious Poems: An Anthology by Harold Bloom7 reviews Harold Bloom Library of America, 2006 poetry paradise + Poetry containing worlds + A collection of classic American religious poems + Quirky but worth buying + What a book is supposed to be             Five T'ang Poets6 reviews Wang Wei, Li Po, ... Oberlin College Press, 1990 Outstanding and eminently readable translations + Great Poems and great Poet Translating + MY BROTHER!!! + Clear As Water, A Remarkable Book of Poems + Great poems masterfully translated.             A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-19975 reviews Wendell Berry Counterpoint, 1999 "... the Sabbath comes. The valley glows." + My favorite book of poetry + "To walk on radiance, amazed." + HD Thoreau of 1990 + A beautiful and spiritual connection to the Earth             Tickets for a Prayer Wheel: Poems (A Breakthrough book)4 reviews Annie Dillard Univ of Missouri Pr, 1974 Prayers for Pilgrims. + Matter-of-fact narrative gives way to descriptive elegance + Incredible and Off Kilter + lyrically powerful             Call Me By My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh6 reviews Thich Nhat Hanh Parallax Press, 1999 Everything is Here + Calm and clear dignity + I Saw Thich + The voice of Buddha + Plain & Powerful from Tich Nhat Hanh             Marrow of Flame : Poems of the Spiritual Journey4 reviews Dorothy Walters Hohm Press, 2000 A Guide for the Journey today + a mystical treasure! + A superb debut collection. + sober ecstasy             The Stream & the Sapphire: Selected Poems on Religious Themes (New Directions Paperbook, 844)3 reviews Denise Levertov New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1997 "Straight to the point can ricochet" + Levertov profoundly interacts with Christian relgious themes + Nature in religion This set of books frighten me. Both are powerful and wonderful and deserve your immediate and lasting attention. The poems are not new, they are a themed selection. Interestingly enough placed in seperate but equal volumes. The Stream and the Sapphire is a selection of poems that elucidate ...             Kabir: Ecstatic Poems4 reviews Beacon Press, 2004 Refreshing Wisdom + A window to a different world + Robert Bly's amazing translation + The Sufi and Indian depth combined             The Lives of the Heart: Poems2 reviews Jane Hirshfield Harper Perennial, 1997 A "Heart" of gold. + Moving toward the heart "Take the used-up heart like a pebble/ and throw it far out," Jane Hirshfield writes in one of the eighty-two poems collected here. "You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life" ("Da Capa," p. 19). I arrived at this 1997 book of poetry after reading Hirshfield's ...             Songs for a Spiritual Traveler: Selected Poems (The Writings of Frithjof Schuon)1 review Frithjof Schuon World Wisdom, 2002 A Rare Find In daily life, it is interesting to see how the human soul likes to return to an idea or a feeling that is simple but somehow determinative. It is often the inward image of someone we love or a goal we are striving for. Media advertising techniques exploit this aspect of our nature at its crudest ...             Upholding Mystery: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian Poetry4 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 1996 An inspiring view of modern poetry for a reader of any faith + One of the Best Books in My Library + A unique and "revolutionary" presentation of spiritual verse + A truly special anthology for the soul             Growing into God2 reviews Edwina Gateley Sheed & Ward, 2000 A wonderful, profound collection of spirtual insight. + Favorite Author Unique, alive, pulsating and quiet. A wonderful, inspiring read. Highly Recommended. Edwina Gateley has the unique ability to hear, in her silence, the resonance of God. She hears the same way that Stradivarius, knew perfection when he heard it. In this book of poetry, she sings her ballad ...