Author’s Note:

This book of praise poems began in the soft light of morning, when a blank page and a handful of colors opened a doorway into something spacious and unseen. What started as a simple act of freehand coloring followed by a one-page poem became a quiet conversation with the Divine hidden in daily life. In those unrushed minutes, I discovered that the sacred doesn’t only arrive in revelation or grandeur but flickers in the scent of basil, the hush before sunrise, and the unexpected curve of a crayon line that becomes something unplanned and true. Each of the praise poems in this first volume is an offering from that space—a meeting between spontaneity and spirit, intention and wonder—inviting you to pause, soften, and notice the extraordinary already nestled inside the ordinary.

Wealth Beyond Measure

A POEM FROM VOLUME ONE

Let the bankers
straighten the ties
that choke their necks
behind button-down shirts.

You and I have wealth beyond measure.

Don’t Worry.

Forget the balance in your checkbook.


Appreciate the oxygen in your lungs,
the radiant smiles of children,
the determined ladybug
climbing the potato vine.


We have wealth beyond measure.


Fragile figures
in your retirement account
deceive.


Instead of retiring,
Emerge!


Create an emergent account.


Make monthly deposits of courage
to pursue your passion
and dance your dreams.


Weave your wealth in the realm of angels,
who use paper currency as kindling
while they wrap you in their golden wings.

Garden of Abundance and Grace

A POEM FROM VOLUME ONE

Come live with me in the wild.

We’ll get up with the sun, greet the day with dreamy kisses,

coffee and cream
walk outside in bare feet to pick red raspberries.

The birds will whistle and serenade with their song.
The clouds and flowers will remind us of the Divine
and we’ll be embraced by the
living
dying
rhythm of the universe.

Pick up your body like a favorite sweater.
Wear it for another day to delight your soul
in this garden of abundance and grace.

Lovely Words from Wonderful Readers

The Divine Witnessed

The power of the Divine, as witnessed in nature and the wisdom of the body, comes through Susan’s inspirational poems.

~ Sister Marion Irvine, O.P., Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, CA; Dominican University Athletic Hall of Fame 2007

New Taste of Life

Using elegant words and tantalizing ideas, Susan Kirsch garlands daily life with beauty, inviting her readers again and again to pause long enough and sweetly enough to see with clear eyes, and taste life as a refreshing, delightful brew of new possibilities. Her poems make me laugh, sigh, and remember.

~~Peggy Rubin, Director, Center for Sacred Theatre, Ashland, OR; Author, To Be and How To Be

Power in Light & Universe

Unity principles teach there is only One Presence and One Power active in Life and in the Universe: God the Good–in all through all and overall. Susan’s poems capture the essence of Unity teachings in daily life.

~Rev. Richard Mantei, Ordained Unity Minister

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