The heart of spiritual poetry
engages both religious tradition
and the Mystery.

It unifies diverse cultural backgrounds
and sacred practices,
while revealing a fundamental reality
that is larger than the ego-self
and more inclusive
that personal concepts of divinity.

It encourages
intimate encounters with the sacred,
with the soul-self
that hides behind the veils of opposites.

In composing spiritual poetry
the poet's soul gives expression
to its experience of awe
through odes to the Beloved.