Love Poems from God: Inspirations from Twelve Sacred Voices of the East and West

Daniel Ladinsky

Penguin, Sep 24, 2002 - Poetry - 400 pages

In this luminous collection, Daniel Ladinsky interprets the work of twelve of the world’s finest spiritual writers, six from the East and six from the West.
 
Ladinsky reveals his talent for culling the essence of classic poetry for a modern audience.  Ladinsky’s poems are not translations in a literal sense.  Rather than capture the form of a particular classical work, Ladinsky crafts poems that release the spirit of these timeless writers.

Rumi’s joyous, ecstatic love poems; St. Francis’s loving observations of nature through the eyes of Catholicism; Kabir’s wild, freeing humor that synthesizes Hindu, Muslim, and Christian beliefs; St. Teresa’s sensual verse; and the mystical, healing words of Sufi poet Hafiz—these along with inspiring works by Rabia, Meister Eckhart, St. Thomas Aquinas, Mira, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and Tukaram are all “love poems by God” from writers considered “conduits of the divine.” Together, they form a spiritual treasure to cherish always.

Contents

• Rabia: 1
• St Francis of Assisi: 29
• Rumi: 57
• Meister Eckhart: 89
• St Thomas Aquinas: 121
• Hafiz: 150
• St Catherine of Siena: 180
• Kabir: 209
• Mira: 240
• St Teresa of Avila: 268
• St John of the Cross: 299
• Tukaram: 330
• Works Consulted: 361
• Index of Titles: 367
• Index of First Lines: 375

About the author

Daniel Ladinsky is an acclaimed poet and renderer of mystical poetry. His books include The Gift, The Subject Tonight Is Love, I Heard God Laughing, A Year with Hafiz, Love Poems from God, The Purity of Desire, and Darling, I Love You. For six years, he made his home in a spiritual community in western India, where he worked and lived with the intimate disciples and family of Avatar Meher Baba. He lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Love Poems from God: Inspirations from Twelve Sacred Voices of the East and West
• Author: Daniel Ladinsky
• Publisher: Penguin, 2002
• ISBN: 0142196126, 9780142196120
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious; Religion / Spirituality