The Alternative Soul Food Poems

The Alternative Soul Food Poems is Avant-garde poetry for the spirit, mind, and soul. Miles Brandon Battle was born in Michigan in 1971. He serves in missions and young adult leadership at the Washington Christian Center in Maryland. He graduated from the Howard University School of Architecture and Planning in 1996. Miles works as an architect, poet, and minster of the spoken word.

The Soul Food Series poems speak to a wide variety of ages and places along the path of life. An underlying melody naturally emanates out of each one, speaking to a select few souls who understand life and all its ebb and flow. I hope you are hungry for some soul food; there are more courses to come.

The Soul Food Series poems speak to a wide variety of ages and places along the path of life. An underlying melody naturally emanates out of each one, speaking to a select few souls who understand life and all its ebb and flow. I hope you are hungry for some soul food; there are more courses to come.

The works in Takeout, Soul Food cover a range of topics including God, angels, life after death, the spirit world, ghosts, reincarnation, animal totems, dreams, life in general, death and dying, and of course, love. These topics have always fascinated me. I am always writing as I enjoy it very much, and the people who have seen it have suggested that I should try and get it in print. I have learned how precious life is and how quickly it can be snuffed out. I believe we are all sinners and saints, and that we are all one. In that, I mean we are all a part of God. I believe today's world is operating in fear, and until we change this to begin operating out of love, I am afraid things will go from bad to worse. I also believe that some of these poems come from a higher place than the windmills of my mind. I think we all have spirit guides, or guardian angels, if you like, that watch over and direct our daily lives. Finally, I would like to thank God in all His infinite wisdom for the inspiration to write this work.

Soul Feast is a companion anthology to Soul Food, offering up a further feast of thoughtful poems to stir the mind and feed the spirit, bringing hope and light in dark, uncertain times. This is a book to keep by the bedside or to keep with you when travelling.