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Poems from the Straight Path: A Book of Islamic Verse
Front cover
Author Joel Hayward
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Subject Islamic poetry
PublisherWhite Cloud Press
Publication date
2017
Media type Softcover
Pages118
ISBN 978-1940468532
OCLC 957302032

Poems from the Straight Path: A Book of Islamic Verse is a 2017 collection of Islamic poetry by British-New Zealand scholar and poet Joel Hayward. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was Hayward’s third published poetry collection and his twelfth book in general.

Summary

Joel Hayward’s third book of poems, Poems from the Straight Path: A Book of Islamic Verse contains poems about his journey in search of knowledge and wisdom. Poems address issues of life, death, fate, religion, pain, and suffering.

Reviews

Passion Islam’s review states that "Hayward’s journey of exploration, transformation and illumination forms the beating heart of this moving collection of poetry [which is] a timely and important work that reveals the struggle and profound insights of someone bridging cultures and faith traditions." [5]

References

  1. ^ "Joel Hayward Orcid 0000-0002-8015-3458". Orcid.
  2. ^ Joel Hayward. "Poems from the Straight Path: A Book of Islamic Verse". WorldCat. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ Joel Hayward. "Poems from the Straight Path: A Book of Islamic Verse". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. ^ Joel Hayward. Poems from the Straight Path: A Book of Islamic Verse. ASIN  1940468531.
  5. ^ Passion Islam, November 2017.