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The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kaveh Akbar, Kaveh Akbar (Introduction by)Publish date:2023-09-12Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780241391594ISBN-10:241391598UPC:9780241391594Book Category:Poetry, Religion, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:Anthologies (multiple authors), Spirituality, HealingBook Topic:Prayer & SpiritualSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCM3WXT15H
An inspiring new selection of poems exploring faith and the divine, featuring poets from across the world, from antiquity to the present, compiled by renowned poet and author of Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar

A Penguin Classic

Poets have always looked to the skies for inspiration, and have written as a way of getting closer to the power and beauty they sense in nature, in each other and in the cosmos. This anthology is a holistic and global survey of a lyric conversation about the divine, one which has been ongoing for millennia.

Beginning with the earliest attributable author in all of human literature, the twenty-third century BC Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna, and taking in a constellation of voices - from King David to Lao Tzu, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the Malian Epic of Sundiata - this selection presents a number of canonical voices like Blake, Dickinson and Tagore, alongside lesser-anthologized diverse voices going up to the present day, that showcase the breathtaking multiplicity of ways humanity has responded to the divine across place and time.

These poets' voices commune between millenia, offering readers a chance to experience for themselves the vast and powerful interconnectedness of these incantations orbiting the most elemental of all subjects - our spirit.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780241391594ISBN-10:241391598UPC:9780241391594Book Category:Poetry, Religion, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:Anthologies (multiple authors), Spirituality, HealingBook Topic:Prayer & SpiritualSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCM3WXT15H
Kaveh Akbar is an Iranian American poet and scholar. He is the author of the poetry collections Pilgrim Bell, Calling a Wolf a Wolf and Portrait of the Alcoholic, and the novel Martyr!. He teaches Creative Writing and Poetry of the Divine at Purdue University, Indiana.
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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