ApocalypseBy Sri ChinmoyWithin, without the cosmos wide am I;In joyful sweep I loose forth and draw back all.A birthless, deathless...LoveDesire & PassionNatureStars, Planets, HeavensReligionThe SpiritualStanza FormsQuatrainMetersBlank VerseTechniquesImageryPassion + 6 more
The Book of Frank [“Frank is a”] By CAConradFrank is a young boy asleep in ancient Tibet what you thought was your life is really his dream he may...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingThe MindTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhilosophy
To a Wreath of SnowBy Emily BrontëO transient voyager of heaven! O silent sign of winter skies! What adverse wind thy sail has driven...NatureWinterLandscapes & PastoralsWeatherSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentReligionThe SpiritualLivingTime & BrevityStanza FormsQuatrainMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesOdeGratitude + 13 more
Variations on a Black Cinema Treasure: Broken EarthBy Terrance HayesBroken EarthYear of Release: 1939Running Time: 11 minutesCast: Clarence Muse and unidentified boyI am...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityReligionThe SpiritualLivingHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorPersona + 13 more
White EgretBy Chris AbaniA stream in a forest and a boy fishing, heart aflame, head hush, tasting the world— lick and pant. The...LoveDesire & PassionNatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsReligionThe SpiritualLivingComing of AgeYouthThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesMetersFree VerseTechniquesEpigraphImageryMetaphor + 13 more
Autumn Testament #12By James K. BaxterThe wish to climb a ladder to the loft Of God dies hard in us. The angels Jacob saw Were not himself...LoveDesire & PassionReligionFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineThe SpiritualLivingThe BodyThe MindTime & BrevityVerse FormsSonnetStanza FormsCoupletTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesSeries/SequenceDisappointmentGrief + 15 more
"Guard the Jade Pass"By Kimiko Hahni. I am in the middle of “The Fourteen Poems" by Sun Bu-er (“Clear and Calm Free Human”), Taoist and...ReligionThe SpiritualArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsReading & Books
p1The StairBy Kevin Young The heart, it hoards— how I know this— The small, strangled shining room Keats lost his life in—and...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingDeathGrowing OldThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesReading & BooksStanza FormsTercetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 11 more
Excerpt from “Track”By Norman Finkelstein # Listen to the children who know their way about the forest and return with stories which the thief...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & Legends
LullabyBy Francisco MárquezNights I couldn’t sleep my mother sang to me about a boy who wanted to be flown into heaven. Everyday...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingThe Mind
Equinox Eve, Silent Meeting GroupBy CAConradOver seven billion human beings live on Earth now. We have displaced or made extinct so many other species...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeReligionThe SpiritualArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets
The Wanderer (trans. by Roy Liuzza)By UnknownAlways the one alone longs for mercy, the Maker's mildness, though, troubled in mind, across the ocean...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesPhilosophy
God's AbsenceBy Mechthild of MagdeburgAh blessed absence of God, How lovingly I am bound to you! You strengthen my will in its pain And make...ReligionFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineThe Spiritual
How God Answers the SoulBy Mechthild of MagdeburgIt is my nature that makes me love you often, For I am love itself. It is my longing that makes my love...LoveReligionGod & the DivineThe Spiritual
God Speaks to the SoulBy Mechthild of MagdeburgGod speaks to the soul And God said to the soul: I desired you before the world began. I desire you ...LoveReligionGod & the DivineThe Spiritual
MemoirBy Jay HoplerOf the two undiscovered countries, Life and Death, Which one lies the closer to God?ReligionGod & the DivineThe SpiritualLivingDeath
The Dark Night of the SoulBy St. John of the CrossI. In a dark night, With anxious love inflamed, O, happy lot! Forth unobserved I went, My house being...ReligionChristianityFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineThe Spiritual
BEAMS 21, 22, 23, The Song of OrpheusBy Ronald JohnsonTree into the World, Man the chosen Rose out of Chaos: Song Thunder amid held daffodil, the hills of...ReligionThe Spiritual
The great seaBy UvavnukThe great sea frees me, moves me, as a strong river carries a weed. Earth and her strong winds move ...NatureReligionThe Spiritual
Love has stainedBy MirabaiLove has stained my body to the color of the One Who Holds Up Mountains. When I dressed in the world...ReligionGod & the DivineThe Spiritual