“What will you believe?” asks Patrice Vecchione in her introduction to this challenging anthology that explores faith and doubt in expected and surprising ways. Faith—and lack of faith—can apply to religion and spirituality, to magic and miracles, to self and others. These and others ways of being and believing are how readers of these poems can find meaning and be challenged to consider the shape of their own philosophies. The poems and poets are from around the world and across the centuries, illuminating the power of questions that span human cultures and history. Brief biographies of each of the anthologized poets as well as titles for suggested reading are included in a volume that surely offers faith in the power of words. (Age 12 and older)

A collection of poems that explores why we believe and why, sometimes, we don't

What do you believe in?
What makes you doubt?
These are questions that people have grappled with since the beginning of time. Acclaimed anthologist Patrice Vecchione sees this struggle between faith and doubt in many places--from religion, to politics and war, to love, to the act of writing itself. Here she has gathered an extraordinary collection of poems that explore the many facets of human faith and doubt.