Christian Poets

Chasing Tradition: Herbert’s “Altar”

by andrewkooman on March 29, 2010

George Herbert, one of the 17th century’s fine poets, came to mind today.  I recalled his poem “The Altar”, an experimental and spiritually rich arrangement of words.  Like Donne, who was a good friend of Herbert’s mother, Herbert played with impossibilities and surprised with metaphysical conceits.  I’m pulling from my own archives some poempictures I’ve [...]

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Utmost Twitter Poetry Winner

by andrewkooman on December 29, 2009

140 characters or less. A Christmas poem. Them’s the rules. I really appreciate Nathan Harms and Utmost Christian Poets.  He gives poets of faith, around the world, an opportunity to share their work.  The Christmas Twitter Poetry Contest just another example of the creative way in which he gets people to write and submit new [...]

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