Faith Healing
Poetry by Rafael Campo
Category: Winter/Spring 2012
Making Peace with Imperfection
A translator of the Psalms shares her struggle to respect the original text, while rendering a version that is relevant to contemporary spiritual seekers. By Pamela Greenberg
Three Poems by Elizabeth Robinson
“Mary Butts whispering into John Muir’s ear from a long way away,” “Dorothy Day muses over dinner with Anna May Wong,” and “Anna May Wong tells Dorothy Day what she has been longing to hear” by Elizabeth Robinson
Into the Infinite Together
Patti Smith’s Just Kids. By Stephanie Paulsell
First Song of the Tiruvaymoli, The Holy Word of Mouth
Poetry by Shatakopan, translated by Archana Venkatesan and Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Marigolds in My Mouth
Perhaps we need to be “unhomed” from our own bodies, understandings, or languages. By Kazim Ali
nefesh
Poetry by Jennifer Barber
Listen Children
Lucille Clifton believed in writing as a spiritual act to hone the self. By Major Jackson
Hidden Hearing
Poetry by Li-Young Lee
The Wordsmith’s Two-Edged Power
Don Draper uses words to shape reality in Mad Men. By Peter Boumgarden
from Stations of the Cross
Poetry by Timothy Victor Richardson
It’s Good to Sit Down with a Racist Every Now and Then
Poetry by Naomi Shihab Nye
Ultimate Unknowing
An excerpt from “Mystery, Theology, and Conversation.” By Gordon Kaufman
Other Elements
Poetry by John Canaday
Tribal Poetry, the Beat of Yemen
Tribal poetry in Yemen is a living, dynamic form. By Steven C. Caton
from Winter
Poetry by Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell
Thin Wings
Susan Howe’s That This. By Amy Hollywood
Cries of the World
The feminine principle is needed now more than ever. By Marilyn Sewell
Two Poems by Jane Hirshfield
“Three Mornings” and “Runner” by Jane Hirshfield
Embracing Moments and Memories
Poetry shows us how to live, and how to remember. By Claudia Ann Highbaugh
