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
Joel Hayward (born 1964) is a New Zealand-born British scholar, academic and writer. He has been listed in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions of The 500 Most Influential Muslims, ''The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims''. He has been the Dean ...
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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
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a timely and important work that reveals the struggle and profound insights of someone bridging cultures and faith traditions."
[''Passion Islam'', November 2017.]
References
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2017 poetry books
British poetry collections
Islamic poetry
Poetry books
Poetry collections
Islamic philosophical poetry books
Books by Joel Hayward