Poetry, faith and the human experience

A couple of poetry books I've been reading and can recommend; the first is an anthology of sacred poetry from world faiths and the second is a translation of poems written by the Buddhist monk, Stonehouse. 

The Longing in Between, a Poetry Chaikhana anthology - 

Sacred poetry from around the world edited with commentary by Ivan M. Granger

The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse -

translation and commentary by Red Pine

                                                       (Glastonbury Tor, Somerset) 

Looking for Inspiration?

The other week I was looking for a little creative inspiration and this fragment of a mystic poem found its way to me. I had almost forgotten that, we are, of course, all inspiration for each other. So I shall pass it forward here.  Thank you!

'Be a lamp, or a lifeboat or a ladder.
Help someone's soul heal.
Walk out of your house like a shepherd.'
Rumi