Amazon A Moonlit Teahouse Anthology of Sacred Poetry Category:  Poetry Publisher: NINASH Foundation ISBN-10:  098291413X Pages: 226 Copyright: Oct 1, 2015 ISBN-13: 9780982914137 contemporary sacred poetry 26 poets from 9 countries all profits are donated to the NINASH Foundation in support of literacy projects for women & children A Moonlit Teahouse Anthology of Sacred Poetry presents a selection of works by 26 poets from 9 countries who have participated in the online Poetry Chaikhana and Delighted Teahouse poetry forums. The book contains an introduction by Ivan Granger, author of Real Thirst, Poetry of the Spiritual Journey and creator of the website Poetry Chaikhana, Sacred Poetry from Around the World. On the back cover of the book are blurbs by Ivan Granger and Lisa Starr, poet laureate of Rhode Island 2007-2012 and creator of the Block Island Poetry Project. The book is a perfect bound 5.5 by 8.5 inch paperback containing 226 pages, designed and illustrated by Priya Shah.

Lisa Starr - Poet Laureate Rhode Island 2007-2012
Recipe for delight and/or transformation: Take 26 poets from around the good, green globe who have in common the simple desire to get their lives right. Choose their best work-poems that are ripe with astonishment and awakening, poems whose meaning hangs abundant and inviting, like on the branches of an apple tree in fall. Give these 104 poems the space and air and artwork they need. Title the collection A Moonlit Teahouse. Nourish the world with it. Very early on in A Moonlit Teahouse we hear of a "church that makes the walls give way, /all walls and most especially/ the ones in [the] heart." This stunning and wildly alive anthology might well be that church. Bravo. Bravo. ~ Lisa Starr poet laureate of Rhode Island 2007-2012 and creator of the Block Island Poetry Project

Ivan M. Granger- Publisher/Editor Poetry Chaikhana
” It is the job of theologians,philosophers,and scientists to precisely define the human experience of reality. Most of us simply accept those definitions. A rare few catch the glow pouring through the cracks. We call these strange people visionaries, mystics . . . poets. “