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Poetry as Spiritual Practice
Reading, Writing, and Using Poetry in Your Daily Rituals, Aspirations, and Intentions

Just as Writing Down the Bones was the first book to teach writing as spiritual practice, Poetry as Spiritual Practice is the first instructional guide to combine poetry and spirituality in an innovative program that, in its elegant, small-format edition, will also become a beloved inspirational companion. Read more...

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Robert McDowell's poems, stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in hundreds of magazines and anthologies here and abroad, including Best American Poetry, Poetry, The New Criterion, Sewanee Review, and The Hudson Review. He also offers one-on-one mentoring and coaching for businesses and groups interested in improving their spiritual awareness, listening, communication, writing, and presentation skills.

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR
POETRY AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

“At the same time that Robert McDowell is teaching us to approach the reading and writing of poems as acts of prayer in his brilliantly insightful book, Poetry as Spiritual Practice, he is quietly doing another astonishing thing: creating community.  McDowell’s exercises at the end of each chapter liberate poetry from a solitary contemplative practice to a collective celebration of the sacred.  I will share this book with everyone I love.”—Mirabai Starr, author of new translations of Dark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross and The Interior Castle and The Book of My Life by Teresa of Avila 
 
“Reading this lovely guide awakens in you a deeper appreciation for poetry and messages of the Spirit. It communicates a poet's soul—and helps you articulate that deep place of truth for yourself.”—Caroline Myss, author of Entering the Castle and Anatomy of the Spirit
 
“In the way that Rumi allowed us to touch the heart of our soul, Robert McDowell—with a lyrical grace—shows you how to easily create poetry that can propel your spiritual journey beyond normal reality into cherished mystic realms.”—Denise Linn, author of Sacred Space and The Secret Language of Signs 

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