{"product_id":"the-soul-is-here-for-its-own-joy-sacred-poems-from-many-cultures","title":"The Soul is Here for Its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures","description":"Robert Bly's ground-breaking anthology of spiritual poems, the result of over a decade of personal research, celebrates the ongoing role of the divine in literature.\nFor as long as people have lived together in communities and built enduring cultures, they have sung and written about their relationship with the god or gods they believed in. In the words of the Irish writer Sean O'Faolain, \"all good writing in the end is the writer's argument with God.\"\nThe Soul Is Here For Its Own Joy gathers poems from a wide range of cultures and traditions and divides them into ten parts, each forming a resonant exploration of a specific and timeless spiritual question. Selections include the work of Dante, Dogen, Goethe, Hafez, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Kabir, Lalla, Li Po, Mirabai, Mary Oliver, Owl Woman, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Rumi, in addition to Blake, Dickinson, Donne, Hopkins, Stevens, Yeats, and other important English and American poets. Together these poems form both a celebration and a quest--a kind of pilgrim's progress that embraces all the rich wisdom of East and West, ancient and modern, male and female, spirit and flesh.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 088001475X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.088001475X.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Robert Bly\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47359336087729,"sku":"RDV.088001475X.VG","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/088001475X-0.jpg?v=1780423583","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/the-soul-is-here-for-its-own-joy-sacred-poems-from-many-cultures","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}