Spiritual Poetry Meetup Readings

Treehugger – Kimya Dawson and Antsy Pants (excerpt from lyrics) https://genius.com/Kimya-dawson-and-antsy-pants-tree-hugger-lyrics Blessing the Body – Jan Richardson https://paintedprayerbook.com/2012/03/05/3rd-sunday-in-lent-speaking-of-the-body/ Barn’s Burnt...

I Believe in All That Has Never Yet Been Spoken – Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna...

A Blessing Poem – Albert Huffstickler https://intrinsicheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-September-Take-Home-Poetry-Pack.pdf The Unbroken – Rashani Rea https://www.rashani.com/arts/poems/poems-by-rashani/the-unbroken Heart Sutra – Laura Weaver https://www.guideforconscioushealing.com/wild-words-poetry-blog/heart-sutra The...

Now Is the Month of Maying - Thomas Morley https://genius.com/Kings-singers-now-is-the-month-of-maying-lyrics  1 Corinthians 13:4-8 – From the Bible, New International Version...

Sea Fever – John Masefield https://www.nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk/online-poetry/poems/sea-fever# Some Questions You Might Ask – Mary Oliver https://www.poeticous.com/mary-oliver/some-questions-you-might-ask Some Say You’re Lucky –...

Song of Uvavnuk – Uvavnuk https://sica-usa.org/news/uvavnuks-song-reynold-weissinger/ The Widening Sky – Edward Hirsch https://intrinsicheart.com/the-widening-sky/ Song of the Flower – Kahlil Gibran...

The Great Secret – Daniel Ladinsky writing as Hafiz https://www.poetseers.org/the-poetseers/hafiz/i-heard-god-laughing-hafiz/the-great-secret/ Ash Wednesday – Louis Untermeyer https://www.poeticous.com/louis-untermeyer/ash-wednesday-shut-out-the-light-or-let-it-filter-through The Vegetables – Daniel...

Polish Into Gold – Mirabai (translated by Robert Bly) https://www.wisdomportal.com/PoetryAnthology2/Mirabai-Anthology.html (scroll down to the third poem from the end) When...

Blessing the Marriage (Ghazal 2667)– Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks http://sunlightgroup.blogspot.com/2007/11/sunlight-this-marriage-ghazal-2667.html Marriage/We Open a Door - Philomene Long (former...

Matthew 25:31-46 – Malcolm Guite https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/19-november/comment/columnists/malcolm-guite-poet-s-corner What Katy Did (Excerpt – Stanzas 3 & 4) – Susan Coolidge (pen name...