Poetry, Subjects & Themes, Inspirational & Religious
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Smiling Depression
by J.J. Porteous
Life can be a wild, beautiful, gorgeous disaster. From love to heartache, even joy to sorrow. Life goes in a circle from birth to death. Life can lead us down a depressed path resulting in addictions and darkness. Losing loved ones reminds us how...
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Hope Looks A Lot Like Me
by Nada Raickovic
i never had much but i had hope and i think that’s what saved me Filled with heartbreak and healing, Hope Looks A Lot Like Me is a poignant poetry collection about finding love, losing love, and learning how to live after love. Inspired by...
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Salvation
by Marianne Moessner Chen
Who is Iso Masih?? Ihu Karaiti?? Yexus Khetos?? With forty-one names for Jesus Christ woven into her poem, the author has written a stunningly unique biography of the Savior, beginning before creation and concluding with His eternal glory. The...
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The Other Side Of Autumn
Selected Poems 1969 - 2022 by David Phipps
Never again can joy be so free As in the youthful tide. No! Now that I’ve tasted, Have heard, do see, Autumn’s other side. The Other Side of Autumn is a collection of free verse and rhyming poetry that explores the fundamental paradoxes of human...
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It's All About You
Poems to Inspire & Encourage Your Heart, Mind, & Spirit. by Dr. Gloria J. Nichols
Lord, no one loves me like You. No one comforts me like You. No one shelters me like You. There is no one, there is no one like You. Lord, no one can give me peace but You. No one can give me hope but You. No one can give me strength but You....
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A Lifetime of Feelings
by David Edmond
This collection of free verse poetry examines the deep questions of the human condition: death and disease, love and God, and the endurance of the human spirit. Inspired by the author’s life, the poems are both unique and universal, asking...
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Bring Light
by Trudy Kleckner
In her third collection of poetry, Trudy Kleckner reminds us of the transformative power of attention, describing with wonder the unaffected beauty of nature and the preciousness of human life. These poems offer pause for reflection and...
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A Bedouin Dies in the City
And Other Works by Muna Abougoush
A Bedouin Dies in the City is a deep, introspective collection of short stories and poems that will challenge readers’ thoughts and feelings regarding a variety of topics, from faith to identity to love, revenge, and death. Above all, it calls...
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The Way Words Live
A Collection of Writings by Sylvia Beveridge
A lifetime of poems, short stories and contemplations, Sylvia’s The Way Words Live is a collection that reflects her rich personal history, her many joys and sorrows, and her pithy observations of a life well-lived. Born in Calcutta, India in...
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Collecting Shells
by R. Lavender
Everyone’s heard the saying, “The world doesn’t revolve around you,” and while it's true in a sense, it can also make us feel unimportant, or like a burden. Poetry changes our relationship between the world and ourselves, recentering us and...