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…  

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.