Strangely Orthodox: Religious Poetry of
 Author: Barry Morgan Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781843236825 ISBN: 1843236826 Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: 2006-04-30 [... more]
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Penguin Classics Complete English Poems
Is there in truth no beautie?: Other poets can write about the beauty of the woman that they love, but Hebert writes of the true source of beauty, the source that most deserves praise in poetry: God. Hebert's poetry is a tribute to God, for whom he gave [... more]
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The Catholic Prayer Book
One of the best Catholic prayerbooks available...: Ten years ago, as a new convert to Catholicism, I bought this book as a guide to Catholic prayer. I couldn't have made a better choice. It is a perfect blend of contemporary and ancient prayers, [... more]
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Philokalia
Unique and ongoing project in poetics/theology: The early poems are charming enough, but something absolutely uncanny happens as you chart the course from the second book (Translation of Babel) through the new poems section--an unusual (I'd say unique) [... more]
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Birdsong: Fifty-Three Short Poems
Solid Sufi (ecstatic religious) poetry: Birdsong contains 53 short poems that are reworkings of the translation by A. J. Arberry, a major scholar of Sufism. Not all of the poems have any direct relationship to birds, rather the birdsong of the title [... more]
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Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf: Zen Poems of Ryokan
Very Pleasing Translation: I like the way Stephens includes enough information about Ryokan to help understand the poetry. As Ryokan notes himself, outside his Zen, he has no Poetry to offer. Ryokan refusing to take a position of a Zen Abbot, instead [... more]
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Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian ...
The definitive book about Enheduanna and Inanna: This is the book I have been waiting for since I first learned about Enheduanna, the first known writer of the ancient world and high priestess of the Sumerian moon god and was transfixed by her words: & [... more]
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Hodie/Fantasia On Christmas
Some of the loveliest Christmas music ever written: I have played this recording every Christmas for the past 28 years at least, first in the original LP from Angel, and then the first CD release, which for a while was out of print. I am so happy to see [... more]
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John Donne's Poetry
Very helpful: John Donne was truly a poetic master. Preeminent among the metaphysical poets, his talent shines brightly in both his early secular and later religious poetry. This volume is particularly useful in its helps with the texts and its [... more]
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Complete Poems and Plays,: 1909-1950
From Amazon.com: Eliot's poetry ranges from the massively magisterial ( The Waste Land), to the playfully pleasant ( Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). This volume of Eliot's poetry and plays offers the complete text of these and most all of Eliot's [... more]
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The Catholic Prayer Book
One of the best Catholic prayerbooks available...: Ten years ago, as a new convert to Catholicism, I bought this book as a guide to Catholic prayer. I couldn't have made a better choice. It is a perfect blend of contemporary and ancient prayers, [... more]
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Grace and Mercy in Her Wild Hair: Selected Poems to the ...
Bhakti poetry with a touch on tantra: If you are unfamiliar with the ecstatic religious poetry tradition - Rumi, Mirabai, ... this is not the volume to start on; read Mirabai's For Love of the Dark One first. However, if you have some familarity with the [... more]
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