The two below belong to this sub-category. In 2009, my poem was written from the perspective of Jesus becoming incarnate — becoming a man, and a baby — yet remaining all the while God.

Love is big There are so many other Renaissance Italian poems written for friends, parents, children and grandchildren – not to mention fiery love poems dedicated to Jesus and the saints, some ...

The poem’s three stanzas echo the form of the Trinity. The first stanza, with its suggestion of divine love’s self-giving, and with the angelic denizens of heaven who “gave the sign,” points to God ...

Mary Oliver's Felicity (Penguin Press, $24.95), forthcoming next month, is a breezy, inviting collection of love poems that celebrates the divine as much as it does the natural world or human ...

With “Selected Poems,” I was learning the language, but I was hoping Neruda could teach me to talk to women, too. When I turned 19, I was finally Neruda’s age when he published his first ...