Facing Altars: Poetry and Prayer
Poet and memoirist Mary Karr muses on the resemblance between poetry and prayer as "sacred speech" that eases the soul's isolation. Karr also describes her recent conversion to Catholicism from a secular upbringing that made a religion out of art and literature. "People usually (always?) come to church as they do to prayer and poetry—through suffering and terror."
Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/68348/facing-altars-poetry-and-prayer-
Categories: Advice for Writers, Essays on Writing, Poetry and Religion