Claiming the Spirit Within: A Sourcebook of Women's Poetry
An inspired collection of poetry explores female spirituality * The companlon volume to Cries of the Spirit — over 59,000 coples sold worldwide * Contains over 300 poems from contemporary women writers including Margaret Atwood, Alice Walker, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Kathleen Norris, and others * Focuses on female connections to lovers, families, friends, and the body, and includes poems about growing up, identity, love, mothering, work, nature, and other ways of expressing spirituality * A beautiful collection of shimmering poems by contemporary, Internationally known women writers that Illuminate every phase and sphere of life Cloiming the Spirit Within is a rich and diverse collection of 312 poems by contemporary women writers. One hundred and fifty-eight poets celebrate the sacredness of women's lives: the experiences that have shaped them; the relationships that sustain them; the gift they give to others; the legacy they leave for the future; relationships with parents and siblings; the self and the body: conception, miscarriage and birth, and much, much more.
- Author
- Marilyn Sewell
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 345
- Publisher
- Beacon Press (MA)
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780807068618
- Genres
- poetry, anthologies, faith, feminism, womens
- Release date
- 2001
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