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Poetry
“People are hungry for truth, wisdom and beauty to help them cope with the challenges of being human, and poetry offers exactly that. A poem written by a stranger who was born 200 years ago, or 20 years ago, can articulate in a short space the promptings of our own private hearts.” —Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, author of Andalusian Hours and Love in the Time of Coronavirus
Short Trip to the Edge
Scott CairnsPoet and literature professor Scott Cairns ran headlong into his midlife crisis — a fairly common experience among men nearing the age of fifty—whi...
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Scott CairnsAnaphora, the repetition of a word or phrase, draws our attention in new ways to the repeated term, and can lead us to moments of epiphany. In Euch...
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Scott CairnsFrom Saint Paul to Julian of Norwich, Scott Cairns has lovingly examined, pressed for the revelation, and set in verse the most memorable, beautifu...
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Scott CairnsA new collection from one of our favorite poets. Fourteen “Idiot Psalms,” surrounded by dozens of other poems, make this his most challenging colle...
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Scott Cairns“The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering, but a supernatural use for it.”...
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Scott CairnsScott Cairns has carefully preserved every poem he’s ever published that he cares to preserve. He’s also added previously unpublished work, spannin...
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Susan L. MillerExcerpted in Image Magazine – No. 90 This collection of poems explores the saints of the church’s history and contemporary persons who embody somet...
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Paul Quenon, OCSOAfter 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Br. Paul follows up his recent memoir, In Praise of the Useless Life, with a poetic collection that shows how t...
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Kathleen O'TooleThis collection offers a rich harvest taken from one season in the poet’s creative life. Like movements in a musical composition, these poems share...
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Kristin LeMayMany readers think that Emily Dickinson rejected religion and wanted nothing to do with God. And yet her poetry and life tell a deeper story. Looki...
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Regina Walton“These are meditative poems that seem to rise from a long and deep looking at life, in its most ordinary and familiar moments. They invite us into...
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Sofia StarnesThe act of writing poetry, for Sofia Starnes, is a “getting out of the way” so that a poem might occur, a poem that must itself become a place of ...
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Rami M. ShapiroSpiritual teacher, writer, rabbi and poet, Rami Shapiro has taught thousands of people in workshops across North America for a quarter century. His...
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William WoolfittFeatured in "The Millions" — A year in Reading, Nick Ripatrazone."Each year I read more books than I can possibly review — here are 5 of the fines...
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Mark S. BurrowsThe Chance of Home Somewhere there must be where no one wonders whether you belong… So begins the title poem of this remarkable collection fro...
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Kim LangleyLangley offers comfort and encouragement to those struggling with recent loss or grief, helping them find language for complex emotions, and open ...
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April Lindner2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year FINALIST"...wonder shows up in these poets' work again and again." - America MagazineA Landmark Anthology of ...
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Catherine de VinckA posthumous collection of poems on the beauty of the seasons, creation, life and death, from beloved poet Catherine de Vinck.In the words of the F...
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Editors at Paraclete PressWhere there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again. —Anne FrankIn life’s most uncertain moments, hope is ou...
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D.S. MartinA compelling, imagined dialogue with some of the most beloved Christian poets Step into a captivating poetic conversation that spans centuries. The...
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Sister Sharon Hunter CJ"These poems hear your broken heart and help you name your unshed tears.” —Ronald Rolheiser, author of Holy LongingPoems of pain and forgiveness, f...
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Nikki GrimesThings can be much more than things. Why do we love the things that we do? The old guitar, the champagne flutes, the miniature model car—and what h...
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