Finkelstein, Norman
Summary: "This beautifully written work begins with an overview of the spiritual problematics found in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American poetry. Traveling slightly outside of the realm of the contemporary, Finkelstein's discussions of Emerson, Whitman, and Eliot yield to close readings of the works of Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Ronald Johnson, Michael Palmer, Susan Howe, Nathaniel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 FINEtShalom, Nava
Summary: Through poems that utilize hypnotic religious imagery, Nava EtShalom carries readers through an emotional seascape; crashing over on waves of worship. Fortunately unpacks ideas about relationships with family, God, and the self. Each poem is pieced together carefully as a house of cards, and ends solid as a stitched spine. What is left in the body after identity has been assumed? Where does one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 ETSPaterson, Katherine/ Dalton, Pamela (ILT)
Summary: Presents an illustrated collection of gratitude-themed poems, prayers, and praise songs from a wide range of cultures and religions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 0000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J810.8 PATMajmudar, Amit
Summary: "A fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic, with an introduction and helpful guides to each section, by the rising American poet. Born in the United States into a secularized Hindu family, Amit Majmudar puzzled over the many religious traditions on offer, and found that the Bhagavad Gita had much to teach him with its "song of multiplicities." Chief among them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.5 MAJAndersen, Annette
Summary: There is a longing deep in our being for connection...to others...and I believe, to our Creator. A hope for something safe and satisfying. One that brings completeness and joy into this human experience we are each having. God means for us to have that longing become a reality. Like us, He deeply desires connection. His pure motive of love and His complete ability to do so meets our longings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Xulon Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 ANDBerry, Wendell
Summary: "For more than two decades, Wendell Berry has spent his Sonday mornings in a kind of walking meditation, observing the world and writing poems."--Jacket. This volume gathers all of these poems written to date.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 1998
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Summary: A mother’s worst fear is realized at 23 weeks into the pregnancy, and a baby girl is born at the edge of viability. Melissa Fournier shares her incomprehensible grief for her daughter’s brief life in these intimate poems that reflect the power of grace to transform sorrow into resilience and hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Poetry box 0000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 FORPiercy, Marge.
Summary: Poems on a Jewish theme. In Eat Fruit, she writes: "Custom agents throw open my suitcase and draw / out with gingerly leer from under my negligee / a melon. Drug smugglers feed their self-importance, / but me they hate along with the guy trying to smuggle / in a salami from the old country his uncle gave him."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 PIESummary: An anthology of classic poetic works with religious and spiritual themes evaluates the influences of such movements as Puritanism, the Great Awakenings, and Transcendentalism, in a volume that discusses the works of such figures as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.008 AMECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Poetry AmericanContents: pt. 1. Starting on the path -- pt. 2. Longing for the garden -- pt. 3. Question of greed and constant hunger -- pt. 4. Twenty poems of Kabir -- pt. 5. God in the feminine -- pt. 6. Loving God through loving a woman or a man -- pt. 7. Twenty poems of Rumi -- pt. 8. Leaving the body or entering it -- pt. 9. Dying to this world -- pt. 10. Spirit: who is a guest of the soul, will never be at home...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.81 SOUAlexander, Cecil Frances
Summary: Presents an illustrated version of the well-known hymn, which celebrates the wonders of God's creations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALESummary: Much of the world’s most beautiful poetry has been written as reverent testaments of faith and devotion. Accompanied by the Lincoln, Nebraska, St. Paul United Methodist Church choir and organ, the members of the First Poetry Quartet present a joyous selection of poetry “In Praise of the Lord.”
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1978
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Earley, Justin Whitmel
Summary: "Habits of the Household by award-winning author Justin Whitmel Earley equips you with simple habits for mealtimes, bedtimes, and other daily routines to shape your home in the rhythms of God's love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "A funny, over-the-top new spin on the classic Christmas poem! A hysterical new version of "The Night Before Christmas"! David Ercolini's over-the-top illustrations will have readers saying, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" Creatures of all shapes and all sizes will be stirring with laughter in this overly decked out, Christmas-splendored illustrated picture book! Ercolini breathes new life into an unrivaled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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Summary: "You can have an open and trusting relationship with your teenager. Mother-and-daughter team Sandra Stanley and Allie Stanley Cooney write in alternating chapters to you and your middle school/early high school daughter in this unique, interaction-prompting book that will help you grow in connection, communication, and faith.Some conversations between parent and child don't happen until a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 STAŌyama, Sumita
Summary: "Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets, famous for his 'free-verse' haiku, the dominant style today. This book tells the fascinating story of his life, liberally sprinkled with more than 300 of his poems and extracts from his essays and journals--compiled by his best friend and biographer Sumita Oyama and elegantly translated by William Scott Wilson."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021