Poetry as Prayer

I’ve always been very interested in the idea of writing poetry as an act of prayer or as a spiritual praxis. What is your favorite book, article, quote, or other resource touching on this? Here’s one of my many favorites…
“You can’t write out of intentional consciousness.”
Carolyn Forché in an Image Journal article– “The Unfinished Cathedral” by James K.A. Smith (https://imagejournal.org/article/the-unfinished-cathedral/)
Flowers from our rain garden…

… in a beautiful bowl created by the multi-talented Melissa Ostrom (@melostrom) which she donated in support of @cuvaj_se. Melissa is obviously an artistic double threat as both a potter and a poet.