This poem was inspired by dream.
It is about a human woman who
falls in love with an Earth Spirit...
The background music is
"Moonchild" by King Crimson
The...

Religious and spiritual poem preparing for Advent, the season of the Church year before Christmas. Written, read, images compiled by aspiring poet Peter Menkin.

Some words about Thich Nhat Hanh, a poem My poem is about a spiritual teacher named Thich Nhat Hanh, the result of reading a book of his writings. As you may know, I am an Oblate of Camaldoli, a...

Religious and spiritual poem, read by the aspiring poet (Peter Menkin) and whose text appears on his personal website (http://www.petermenkin.com). The work is the result of a series of journal...

Religious and spiritual poem. A common theme in all my poetry is reverence for the Eucharist. It is fact for me. Eucharist is central to worship and I consider it at the same time a focus on...

Religious and spiritual poem. Friday, June 22, 2007 The first of the Ten Commandments A few years ago I began work on the Ten Commandments, which I have paid attention to as a series of Ten...

Religious and spiritual poem about Communion. This mystical work speaks of Christ's Eucharist. Photograph of candles by Camaldoli Oblate Henry Worthy, London, England. Photograph of table with...

Religious and spiritual poem by Peter Menkin. From an entry on Peter Menkin blog (part of a homily in which the poem appears): A reflection on the Eucharist as central part of my worship...

Religious and spiritual poem by Peter Menkin. Another in the series on Communion: Monday, May 28, 2007

Religious and spiritual poem by Peter Menkin. Colored streamers move in the wind: a poem This may be more a series of notes and reflections, a journal entry, more than a poem. It is about the...