From Library Journal
Generally excluding simple devotional works, this anthology brings together American and British poems written since 1950 that are "religious" in a broad sense: namely, that they embody "a clear facing of genuine issues," though they may not always explicitly affirm faith or grace. Many cultural notables are representedWilbur, Roethke, Eliot, Merton, Shapiro, MacLeish, etc.and the works of lesser-known poets also maintain a high standard of artistic integrity as they explore motives of the heart and intimation of divinity, in circumstances of both light and darkness. EC
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Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The Invention Of Comics by Amiri Baraka
New Words, Sels. by Coleman Bryan Barks
The Crucifix by Daniel Berrigan
The Dream Songs: 64 by John Berryman
Two Poems On The Catholic Bavarians by Edgar Bowers
Love by Kelly Cherry
The Hill by Robert Creeley
A Century Of Epigrams: 54 by James Vincent Cunningham
Epigram by James Vincent Cunningham
Fire by Fazil Husnu Daglarca
Hollow Echo by Fazil Husnu Daglarca
Thought by Fazil Husnu Daglarca
Compline by Donald Davie
Prime by Donald Davie
Tribute To The Angels: 29 by Hilda Doolittle
In A Building Named For A Governor by Christopher L. Dornin
What Should I Tell Them by Larry Eigner
Animula by Thomas Stearns Eliot
The Fire Poem by Theodore Vernon Enslin
The Rebel by Mari E. Evans
Everyman by Robert Francis
Exclusive Blue by Robert Francis
Preacher by Robert Francis
Silent Poem by Robert Francis
That Dark Other Mountain by Robert Francis
Three Darks Come Down Together by Robert Francis
Flashcards: 20. Jacob by George Palmer, Jr. Garrett
Giant Killer by George Palmer, Jr. Garrett
At The Pauwels by Diane Glancy
Johnna At The Windmill by Diane Glancy
Rahab by Diane Glancy
Wheat by Diane Glancy
Marina by Osborne Bennett, Jr. Hardison
Small Talk In A Garden by Osborne Bennett, Jr. Hardison
Stella Maris by Osborne Bennett, Jr. Hardison
War Memento by Roger Hecht
The Lightning Rod Salesman by Martin Luther Hester
An Elegy Is Preparing Itself by Donald Justice
Incident In A Rose Garden (2) by Donald Justice
Lethargy by Donald Justice
The Snowfall by Donald Justice
Things, Sels. by Donald Justice
The Wall by Donald Justice
Last Lines: 3. On A Wrestler by X. J. Kennedy
To An Angry God by X. J. Kennedy
Her Seventeenth Winter by John Leax
Pancakes For The Queen Of Babylon, Sels. by Peter Chad Tigar Levi
The April Hill by Janet Lewis
Country Burial by Janet Lewis
Fossil, 1975 by Janet Lewis
A Lullaby by Janet Lewis
A Cycle For Mother Cabrini, Sels. by John (1923-1987) Logan
The Death Of Southwell, Sels. by John (1923-1987) Logan
For My Daughter by John (1923-1987) Logan
A Short Life Of The Hermit, Sels. by John (1923-1987) Logan
Signature For Tempo by Archibald Macleish
Boethius At Cavalzero by John Macoubrie
Candlemas Day by Mary Therese Madeleva
Dumb Oxen by Mary Therese Madeleva
From An Afternoon Caller by Mary Therese Madeleva
I Ask My Teachers by Mary Therese Madeleva
O %holy by Mary Therese Madeleva
Departure In Middle Age by Roland Mathias
God Is by Roland Mathias
The Creation Of Light by Maura
Each Day by Maura
For Starters by Victoria Mccabe
Ballade Of Lost Objects by Phyllis Mcginley
The Fossil by Boynton, Jr. Merrill
The Mite by Boynton, Jr. Merrill
The Mule by Boynton, Jr. Merrill
The Reader by Thomas James Merton
A Bird In The Hand by Vassar Miller
Walk On The Moon by Navarre Scott Momaday
Because Thou Did'st Give by Harry Morris
Maine Lake At Night by Harry Morris
Where Lie All The Slain by Harry Morris
The Animals by Edwin Muir
The Annunciation by Edwin Muir
A Cabinet Of Seeds Displayed by Howard Nemerov
Eve by Howard Nemerov
Translation by Howard Nemerov
To The Harbormaster by Frank O'hara
Reflections On Mirrors by Elder James Olson
Epitaph For A Beatnik Poet by Gary Owen
Epitaph For A Meat-packer by Gary Owen
Aspects Of Eve by Linda Pastan
David by Linda Pastan
The Angels by Paul Ramsey
Consolations by Paul Ramsey
The Exiles by Paul Ramsey
The Hours by Paul Ramsey
Images For The Gospel Of Christ by Paul Ramsey
A Modern Theologian by Paul Ramsey
On Words And Concepts And Things by Paul Ramsey
City Hall by Belle Randall
Mabel Woo by Belle Randall
Playing At Cards by Belle Randall
Miracles by Julia Randall
An Inconvenience by John Raven
On A Fifteenth-century Flemish Angel by David Ray
End Of A Course by Ivor Armstrong Richards
Nothing At All by Ivor Armstrong Richards
Trinity Brethren Attend by Ivor Armstrong Richards
The Night Prayer Of Gluckel Of Hameln by Edouard Roditi
Bring The Day by Theodore Roethke
The Decision by Theodore Roethke
The Waking by Theodore Roethke
A Fountain From Wilderness Stone by David Rosenberg
To Put Your Mouth To Dust, Sels. by David Rosenberg
Adam And Eve, Sels. by Ernest Sandeen
A Plaint Of Flowers by Ernest Sandeen
Poete Manque by Ernest Sandeen
They Are Wicked by Ernest Sandeen
The Way Down by Ernest Sandeen
Gargoyle by Robert B. Shaw
Grass Widows by Robert B. Shaw
Holocaust by Myra Sklarew
How Metaphor Can Save Your Life by Myra Sklarew
Instructions For Elijah by Myra Sklarew
Ninth Of Av by Myra Sklarew
Speech Warts by Myra Sklarew
Teaching The Children by Myra Sklarew
What Is A Jewish Poem? by Myra Sklarew
First Prelude by Francis J. Smith
A Frame For The Angels, Sels. by Paul Smyth
The Covenant Of Grace, Sels. by Ann Stanford
A Devotional Sonnet by Timothy Reid Steele
One Morning by Timothy Reid Steele
Rural Colloquy With A Painter by Timothy Reid Steele
Dying by John Stigall
Prayer by Francis Sullivan
Still Life by Francis Sullivan
Sonnets At Christmas: 1 by John Orley Allen Tate
Sonnets At Christmas: 2 by John Orley Allen Tate
Poem by Theresa Of Avila
Judgment Day by Ronald Stuart Thomas
A Problem In History by Robert Wallace
1. by Robert Penn Warren
Promises: 3. Gold Glade by Robert Penn Warren
Epistemology by Richard Wilbur
The Proof by Richard Wilbur
Two Voices In A Meadow by Richard Wilbur
The Whale by Richard Wilbur
For Eleanor And Bill Monahan, Sels. by William Carlos Williams
The Garden, Sels. by William Carlos Williams
For The Opening Of The William Dinsmore Briggs Room by Yvor Winters
Inscription For A Graveyard by Yvor Winters
A Song In Passing by Yvor Winters
Marble Floor by Karol Wojtyla
Song Of The Brightness Of Water by Karol Wojtyla
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
New Words, Sels. by Coleman Bryan Barks
The Crucifix by Daniel Berrigan
The Dream Songs: 64 by John Berryman
Two Poems On The Catholic Bavarians by Edgar Bowers
Love by Kelly Cherry
The Hill by Robert Creeley
A Century Of Epigrams: 54 by James Vincent Cunningham
Epigram by James Vincent Cunningham
Fire by Fazil Husnu Daglarca
Hollow Echo by Fazil Husnu Daglarca
Thought by Fazil Husnu Daglarca
Compline by Donald Davie
Prime by Donald Davie
Tribute To The Angels: 29 by Hilda Doolittle
In A Building Named For A Governor by Christopher L. Dornin
What Should I Tell Them by Larry Eigner
Animula by Thomas Stearns Eliot
The Fire Poem by Theodore Vernon Enslin
The Rebel by Mari E. Evans
Everyman by Robert Francis
Exclusive Blue by Robert Francis
Preacher by Robert Francis
Silent Poem by Robert Francis
That Dark Other Mountain by Robert Francis
Three Darks Come Down Together by Robert Francis
Flashcards: 20. Jacob by George Palmer, Jr. Garrett
Giant Killer by George Palmer, Jr. Garrett
At The Pauwels by Diane Glancy
Johnna At The Windmill by Diane Glancy
Rahab by Diane Glancy
Wheat by Diane Glancy
Marina by Osborne Bennett, Jr. Hardison
Small Talk In A Garden by Osborne Bennett, Jr. Hardison
Stella Maris by Osborne Bennett, Jr. Hardison
War Memento by Roger Hecht
The Lightning Rod Salesman by Martin Luther Hester
An Elegy Is Preparing Itself by Donald Justice
Incident In A Rose Garden (2) by Donald Justice
Lethargy by Donald Justice
The Snowfall by Donald Justice
Things, Sels. by Donald Justice
The Wall by Donald Justice
Last Lines: 3. On A Wrestler by X. J. Kennedy
To An Angry God by X. J. Kennedy
Her Seventeenth Winter by John Leax
Pancakes For The Queen Of Babylon, Sels. by Peter Chad Tigar Levi
The April Hill by Janet Lewis
Country Burial by Janet Lewis
Fossil, 1975 by Janet Lewis
A Lullaby by Janet Lewis
A Cycle For Mother Cabrini, Sels. by John (1923-1987) Logan
The Death Of Southwell, Sels. by John (1923-1987) Logan
For My Daughter by John (1923-1987) Logan
A Short Life Of The Hermit, Sels. by John (1923-1987) Logan
Signature For Tempo by Archibald Macleish
Boethius At Cavalzero by John Macoubrie
Candlemas Day by Mary Therese Madeleva
Dumb Oxen by Mary Therese Madeleva
From An Afternoon Caller by Mary Therese Madeleva
I Ask My Teachers by Mary Therese Madeleva
O %holy by Mary Therese Madeleva
Departure In Middle Age by Roland Mathias
God Is by Roland Mathias
The Creation Of Light by Maura
Each Day by Maura
For Starters by Victoria Mccabe
Ballade Of Lost Objects by Phyllis Mcginley
The Fossil by Boynton, Jr. Merrill
The Mite by Boynton, Jr. Merrill
The Mule by Boynton, Jr. Merrill
The Reader by Thomas James Merton
A Bird In The Hand by Vassar Miller
Walk On The Moon by Navarre Scott Momaday
Because Thou Did'st Give by Harry Morris
Maine Lake At Night by Harry Morris
Where Lie All The Slain by Harry Morris
The Animals by Edwin Muir
The Annunciation by Edwin Muir
A Cabinet Of Seeds Displayed by Howard Nemerov
Eve by Howard Nemerov
Translation by Howard Nemerov
To The Harbormaster by Frank O'hara
Reflections On Mirrors by Elder James Olson
Epitaph For A Beatnik Poet by Gary Owen
Epitaph For A Meat-packer by Gary Owen
Aspects Of Eve by Linda Pastan
David by Linda Pastan
The Angels by Paul Ramsey
Consolations by Paul Ramsey
The Exiles by Paul Ramsey
The Hours by Paul Ramsey
Images For The Gospel Of Christ by Paul Ramsey
A Modern Theologian by Paul Ramsey
On Words And Concepts And Things by Paul Ramsey
City Hall by Belle Randall
Mabel Woo by Belle Randall
Playing At Cards by Belle Randall
Miracles by Julia Randall
An Inconvenience by John Raven
On A Fifteenth-century Flemish Angel by David Ray
End Of A Course by Ivor Armstrong Richards
Nothing At All by Ivor Armstrong Richards
Trinity Brethren Attend by Ivor Armstrong Richards
The Night Prayer Of Gluckel Of Hameln by Edouard Roditi
Bring The Day by Theodore Roethke
The Decision by Theodore Roethke
The Waking by Theodore Roethke
A Fountain From Wilderness Stone by David Rosenberg
To Put Your Mouth To Dust, Sels. by David Rosenberg
Adam And Eve, Sels. by Ernest Sandeen
A Plaint Of Flowers by Ernest Sandeen
Poete Manque by Ernest Sandeen
They Are Wicked by Ernest Sandeen
The Way Down by Ernest Sandeen
Gargoyle by Robert B. Shaw
Grass Widows by Robert B. Shaw
Holocaust by Myra Sklarew
How Metaphor Can Save Your Life by Myra Sklarew
Instructions For Elijah by Myra Sklarew
Ninth Of Av by Myra Sklarew
Speech Warts by Myra Sklarew
Teaching The Children by Myra Sklarew
What Is A Jewish Poem? by Myra Sklarew
First Prelude by Francis J. Smith
A Frame For The Angels, Sels. by Paul Smyth
The Covenant Of Grace, Sels. by Ann Stanford
A Devotional Sonnet by Timothy Reid Steele
One Morning by Timothy Reid Steele
Rural Colloquy With A Painter by Timothy Reid Steele
Dying by John Stigall
Prayer by Francis Sullivan
Still Life by Francis Sullivan
Sonnets At Christmas: 1 by John Orley Allen Tate
Sonnets At Christmas: 2 by John Orley Allen Tate
Poem by Theresa Of Avila
Judgment Day by Ronald Stuart Thomas
A Problem In History by Robert Wallace
1. by Robert Penn Warren
Promises: 3. Gold Glade by Robert Penn Warren
Epistemology by Richard Wilbur
The Proof by Richard Wilbur
Two Voices In A Meadow by Richard Wilbur
The Whale by Richard Wilbur
For Eleanor And Bill Monahan, Sels. by William Carlos Williams
The Garden, Sels. by William Carlos Williams
For The Opening Of The William Dinsmore Briggs Room by Yvor Winters
Inscription For A Graveyard by Yvor Winters
A Song In Passing by Yvor Winters
Marble Floor by Karol Wojtyla
Song Of The Brightness Of Water by Karol Wojtyla
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
