Overview
The Miracle and Other Poems is a collection by Virna Sheard in which faith, love, grief, nature, memory, and the possibility of transcendence are expressed through accessible lyric verse. The word “miracle” suggests the collection’s central movement: ordinary experience can become meaningful…
This title is catalogued in Poetry & Great Verse. Its reading profile is Medium and Moderate, with themes including poetry, emotion, beauty, literature, spiritual reflection.
One-Page Summary
The Miracle and Other Poems is a collection by Virna Sheard in which faith, love, grief, nature, memory, and the possibility of transcendence are expressed through accessible lyric verse. The word “miracle” suggests the collection’s central movement: ordinary experience can become meaningful when seen through spiritual or emotional attention. A smile, a loss, a moment of kindness, or an encounter with nature can be treated as evidence that life contains more than its surface facts. The poems tend toward tenderness rather than irony, inviting the reader to pause over emotions that modern life can make easy to ignore.
Key Themes
Poetry: This title is tagged with poetry as one of its main themes.
Emotion: This title is tagged with emotion as one of its main themes.
Beauty: This title is tagged with beauty as one of its main themes.
Literature: This title is tagged with literature as one of its main themes.
Spiritual reflection: This title is tagged with spiritual reflection as one of its main themes.