ANNABELLE MOSELEY IS AN AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN POET AND WRITER, BORN AND RAISED ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. AUTHOR OF NINE BOOKS, FIRST WALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE, AND 2014 LONG ISLAND POET OF THE YEAR, MOSELEY CONTINUES TO RESIDE IN WHITMAN'S PAUMANOK. MOSELEY IS A LECTURER AT ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE AND ST. JOSEPH'S SEMINARY, WHERE SHE TEACHES CLASSES IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND LITERATURE.
Like a sumptuous Northern diptych—Van Eyck’s Crucifixion and Last Judgment , say—Annabelle Moseley’s twinned volumes treat Biblical subjects through stunning compositions and vivid colors. In A Ship to Hold the World, Old Testament voices speak from the embers of ancient narratives with a contemporary spark. In The Marionette’s Ascent, it is not Dante who makes this spiritual journey but our semblable , a puppet, dancing to another’s tune: we are all, at times, willing or unwilling marionettes, the book suggests, and who of us cannot feel the truth of this. Moseley pulls the strings in these signal volumes, and the resulting show is mesmerizing. —David Yezzi
When we pray, we put our two hands together, a symbolic gesture made possible because our bodies rhyme. In this amazing collection, Annabelle Moseley has hinged together two books, which, on first glance, would seem to be very different than our matching hands: venerable voices from the Old Testament in the first book, followed by the far more contemporary voice of “Marion,” a highly opinionated stringed puppet who has “dropped the ette” from her name. Moseley is a master of music in both volumes. Her characters speak in a perfect pentameter line, unnoticed because flawless. This poet knows line breaks: when to enjamb and when not. So never do we get the “Hallmark Card” effect. Instead, these are living voices we can really believe. “It’s dancing through restraint that is the test,” says Marion, and Annabelle Moseley has done just that in these remarkable poems. —Bruce Guernsey
Reading Annabelle Moseley’s double volume is like witnessing a dazzling, sophisticated “Cirque du Soleil” act. All elements combine; entertaining and strange, full of character and choreography, feeling and forward motion. There is never a dull moment, nor any passage which may be lightly-treated except to the reader’s disadvantage. Good judgment is here, too, in great quantities, as though the poems of A Ship to Hold the World, and The Marionette’s Ascent launched themselves from the flying trapeze of utterly-candid innocence, to fill the reader with trepidation, sailing over the safety net to safely land on a high platform of Wisdom—far above the reader, but visible, still. —Jennifer Reeser

A Ship to Hold the World and The Marionette's Ascent: A Double Volume of Poetry

Literature & Fiction

Moseley, Annabelle

Poetry

Wiseblood Books

Sacred Braille: The Rosary as Masterpiece through Art, Poetry, and Reflection

What better gift could Our Lady have given us than the Rosary? The Rosary is Sacred Braille in that it is a miraculous juxtaposition of a language of prayer we can feel with our hands, joining word to touch. It is the Rosary to which our fingers may cling, as our flesh craves something tangible. The decades of the Rosary can be thought about, and, quite literally, felt, at the same time. While contemporary society separates the idea of "thinking" and "feeling," Scripture unites all functions in the heart. If we meditate on the words, "Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart," (Lk 2:19) the thinking and feeling functions are joined. The Rosary, through engaging both thought and touch, unites our spiritual and physical natures; our thinking and feeling faculties.

Arts & Photography

Religious

Proving Press

What better gift could Our Lady have given us than the Rosary? The Rosary is Sacred Braille in that it is a miraculous juxtaposition of a language of prayer we can feel with our hands, joining word to touch. It is the Rosary to which our fingers may cling, as our flesh craves something tangible. The decades of the Rosary can be thought about, and, quite literally, felt, at the same time. While contemporary society separates the idea of “thinking” and “feeling,” Scripture unites all functions in the heart. If we meditate on the words, “Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart,” (Lk 2:19) the thinking and feeling functions are joined. The Rosary, through engaging both thought and touch, unites our spiritual and physical natures; our thinking and feeling faculties.

Our House of the Sacred Heart: A Litany of Stories with Art, Prayers, and Reflections

Our House of the Sacred Heart is a groundbreaking collection of 33 true stories of five generations of a family formed in the Sacred Heart of Jesus through their connection to an unforgettable house. As you enter into the heart of this book, you are invited into that house and offered hospitality through time-tested stories of growth in the Faith, transiting the various gateways of life. You will be praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart while reading this work of reparation, one lesson at a time, and at book’s end, consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. You will be guided to a poignant understanding that you are being called to your true home— held and forged within the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which does not fade or crumble with the passing of time. Whatever your story, no matter how painful, be assured that God has left signs and symbols along the way— clues to guide you to His Heart. This book, complete with beautiful prayers, devotions, art, poetry, and reflections, will teach you to spot and follow those clues, and discover your own spiritual autobiography, culminating in consecration to the Sacred Heart.

En Route Books & Media

Our House of the Sacred Heart is a groundbreaking collection of 33 true stories of five generations of a family forged in the Sacred Heart of Jesus through their connection to an unforgettable house; complete with prayers, devotions, art, poetry, and reflections within a moving consecration to the Sacred Heart.

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Awake with Christ: Living the Catholic Holy Hour in Your Home

The Host of Gethsemane: Eucharistic Hospitality in the Gethsemane Narratives

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

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A Ship to Hold the World and The Marionette's Ascent: A Double Volume of Poetry

Sacred Braille: The Rosary as Masterpiece through Art, Poetry, and Reflection

Sacred Braille: The Rosary as Masterpiece through Art, Poetry, and Reflection

Our House of the Sacred Heart: A Litany of Stories with Art, Prayers, and Reflections

Our House of the Sacred Heart: A Litany of Stories with Art, Prayers, and Reflections

Awake with Christ: Living the Catholic Holy Hour in Your Home

The Host of Gethsemane: Eucharistic Hospitality in the Gethsemane Narratives