We received many poems we would have been pleased to print. In the end we chose two.
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The radiance of religious poetry
Two anthologies locate grace in unexpected places.
The prism of Mohja Kahf’s poetry
Kahf turns the stories of biblical and Qur'anic women to see their many facets.
Paradox at the heart of poetry
The Still Pilgrim—seemingly Angela Alaimo O'Donnell's alter ego—reflects joy and longing.
Poems in honor of a Benedictine life
Philip Kolin's longtime spiritual director was a chain-smoking oblate who fed everyone.
Miss Brooks would be 100 years old today. Her poetic-prophetic vision is worth celebrating.
Poems of witness
Molly McCully Brown recovers the lives of women at an institution notorious for its eugenics program.
Mary Magdalene is every woman
Marie Howe’s poems present Magdalene in many forms, contemporary and ancient.
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These are not poetic times. We live and breathe prose.