Poetry

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 ...

From the pen of beloved poet Luci Shaw comes a new collection that celebrates inspired creativity as an antidote to chaos.The poet’s own words best...

Raising the Sparks, Jennifer Wallace’s sixth poetry collection, is inspired by the alignment of Christian and Judaic traditions. The idea of raisin...

This volume marks the first translation of these prayer-poems into English. Originally written in 1899, Rilke wrote them upon returning to Germany ...

Sonnets are familiar to us, but not relevant. What do they have to do with our fast-paced, tech-driven, ever-shrinking contemporary world? But what...

In his famed treatise Either/Or, Christian existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard suggests that our basic human condition is one of choice an...

Paul Mariani has spent fifty years writing poetry that celebrates the vibrant sacramentality of life in the twilight of Modernity, and writing the ...

Love Holds You is a collection of poetry and devotions from beloved author Christine Valters Paintner.Amid the daily grind, the pain and loss, the ...

Winner of the 2020 Paraclete Poetry Prize, Litany of Flights is a luminous examination of the journey of the soul, from moments of loss to moments ...

According to legend, the language of the birds was a mystical language God used to talk with Adam and Eve when he walked with them in the garden of...

New poetry from Scott Cairns on containing the uncontainableOften, when speaking of what he has called the poetic operation of language, Scott Cair...

Steven has an Irish monk’s attentiveness to the fragility, mystery, and hidden beauties of things. —Peter Leithart, First Things The book is a gath...

Luci Shaw is a legend —Christianity TodayThis captivating collection of poems by beloved author Luci Shaw, reflects on daily ideas and activities a...

A new collection from one of our favorite poets. Fourteen Idiot Psalms, surrounded by dozens of other poems, make this his most challenging collect...

Holy Sparks is a collection of poems grounded in a belief in the kinship between the cosmos and its Creator. Biophilic imagery is used throughout t...

Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, and New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes introduces Glory, Too, a soul-stirring collection of poe...

New York Times bestselling author and poet Nikki Grimes explains, A study of scripture reveals that Jesus spent a lot of time with people in the ma...

This collection of poems begins in the growing darkness of November, stretches through Advent and the seasons leading to Easter and to Pentecost, a...

The poems in Flying Yellow cry out for the day just out of reach, the day which unaccountably may in a moment or a season let down a joyful light i...

Margaret B. Ingraham’s collection Exploring this Terrain bids the reader to join her in a journey of discovery. In a world in which speed is increa...

From Saint Paul to Julian of Norwich, Scott Cairns has lovingly examined, pressed for the revelation, and set in verse the most memorable, beautifu...

Cornered by the Dark is a triumph. —Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao W. H. Auden, Jorge Luis Borges, Howard Thurman, Jul...

Scott Cairns has carefully preserved every poem he’s ever published that he cares to preserve. He’s also added previously unpublished work, spannin...

In the summer of 2020, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amidst ongoing national racial violence, the isolation o...

Joy Mead presents five practical workshops, for groups or individuals, to explore the use of words and poetry in everyday life. Unique among the s...

These poems come from the beauty of the glimpsed moment … a precious jewel held for a short time amid the pain and sorrow of the world, then let go...

Shambolic Mammal is a compilation of four of Jude Simpson’s most popular poems and songs, brought together for the first time in this collection an...

Gather it from memory. Let it touch the earth. In Touch the Earth, Drew Jackson continues the project he began in God Speaks Through Wombs, reflec...

This timely book brings together the stories of St Francis - his preaching to birds, rejection of wealth, caring for lepers, befriending animals an...

Bellowing in the Common is Karl Petersen's first book. This collection 'bellows' on behalf of the unheard things and people. Unheard and unseen, be...

From bestselling author and beloved artist Morgan Harper Nichols, this illustrated collection of poetry empowers you to embrace your next adventure...

St. Gregory is one of the most open and self-revealing of the Fathers of the Church, and his poetry is remarkable for its personal character. In th...

Jay Hulme is an award-winning transgender poet, performer, educator and speaker. In late 2019, his fascination with old church buildings turned int...

On a September morning, Bishop Stephen Cottrell said mass in his chapel, kissed his wife goodbye, stepped out of his front door and walked two mile...

"From the first news of the Covid-19 outbreak in the UK, to the hope arising from a vaccination programme being put into place, Rev. Preben Anderse...

Living on the tidal Island of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island as it is also known, is a privilege and a delight. We enjoy taking walks around the Islan...

The Harp of Glory is a major hymn sounding the praises of the Theotokos, from the heart of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in its Golden Age. It is a...

A celebration of hope. An encounter with grace. A restoration of the heart. A healing of wounds. An anthem of freedom. All Along You Were Blooming ...

This collection of poems can be compared to such crumbs – from many sources. Poems of strong and well-crafted connections – between communities in ...

'Writing the River traces the steps of a writer who cocks her ear to listen for spiritual reality. The book is a record of her search into everythi...

This thoughtful collection of poems, with many references to Scripture, is a helpful resource both for daily devotions and for public worship. Div...

What does it mean to be a churchgoing Christian in modern Britain? Lucy Berry, formerly poet-in-residence of the Jeremy Vine Show, has wrestled wit...

Peter Dainty’s thought-provoking poems are the result of 40 years’ reflection on stories and themes from the Bible. They are written in easily unde...