Last spring we launched a series with poets whose work we love and want to feature and will continue it moving forward. Our next poet is Mark Burrows, whose work is deeply inspired by the idea of home and stability of place.  You can hear Mark reading his poem “I Still Marvel” below and read more about the connections he makes between poetry and the sacred. I STILL MARVEL Each spring I wait for the crocuses to come, eager to greet their purple bursts as they rise from the soggy earth and stubborn patches of late-lingering snow, and while I know

We are launching a new series this spring with poets whose work we love and want to feature! Our next poet is Barbara Crooker, whose work is deeply inspired by paying attention to how God whispers in the world.  You can hear Barbara reading her poem “Sanctus” below and read more about the connections she makes between poetry and the sacred. Peeps In those last few months my mother didn’t want to eat, this woman who made everything from scratch, and who said of her appetite, I eat like a bricklayer. Now she listlessly stirred the food around her plate, sometimes

We are launching a new series this spring with poets whose work we love and want to feature! Our next poet is Rabbi Rami Shapiro, whose work is deeply inspired by the happening of God.  You can hear Rabbi Rami reading his poem “The 23rd Psalm” below and read more about the connections he makes between poetry and the sacred. After Psalm 93  The earth is secure; it is I who imagine her frailty. The earth stands firm; it is I who plot her downfall. She is greater than me, and includes me in a larger scheme. I am her child though

We are launching a new series this spring with poets whose work we love and want to feature! Our next poet is Dorothy Walters whose work is deeply inspired by sacred ecstasy and “the Beloved Within.”  You can hear Dorothy reading her poem “The Transition” below and read more about the connections she makes between poetry and the sacred. Seekers  “What you seek was seeking you.” Rumi How is it that when I was looking for You, You were seeking me also? Silently You watched and waited. Sometimes gave me a brief glimpse or taste of who You were, like a shy

We are launching a new series this spring with poets whose work we love and want to feature! Our next poet is Laurie Klein whose work is deeply inspired by mystery and the healing that comes from courting holy disruption. You can hear Laurie reading her poem “How to Live Like a Backyard Psalmist” below and read more about the connections she makes between poetry and the sacred. How to Live Like a Backyard Psalmist  Wear shoes with soles like meringue and pale blue stitching so that every day you feel ten years old. Befriend what crawls. Drink rain, hatless, laughing. Sit

We are launching a new series this spring with poets whose work we love and want to feature! Our next poet is Susan Millar DuMars whose work is deeply inspired by the fragility of the human body and the yearning for God. You can hear Susan reading her poem “Undiscovered” below and read more about the connections she makes between poetry and the sacred. Undiscovered We lie together quietly in our big boat of a bed. His toenail, kneecap, hipbone, the warm, wet tang of him. The familiar soft spell of his voice. Now that I’ve seen death, I don’t know how

We are launching a new series this spring with poets whose work we love and want to feature! Our next poet is Roselle Angwin whose work is deeply inspired by wild places and the natural world. You can hear Roselle reading her poem “River Suite” below and read more about the connections she makes between poetry and the sacred. from I Colum Cille: St Columba’s Isle iv Why we stayed It’s the glass-blue day it’s the way light inhabits the creases, smears colour that steals your breath. It’s the unbidden moment that spells dolphin, otter, seal. It’s the islands we come