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Non-Prophet
Winner of the Claire Harris Poetry Prize
Raw, reverent, and bursting with searing vulnerability, Non-Prophet canvases the electric tension between devotion and doubt to gods both personal and ubiquitous, and reflects on the natural and built worlds in their claims to the sacred. Winner of the inaugural Claire Harris Poetry Prize, Qurat Dar’s bold debut collection explores what it is to grapple with faith that’s “just another language you’re losing, or one you never learned to speak.”
Weaving through the boundaries of language and form, Non-Prophet meditates on things “just mundane enough to be holy / just holy enough to be mundane” — the death of a bird, the cries of mid-nightmare prayers, the misplaced shame of what it is to bleed. Dar’s poems both rage and reconcile, holding gently the pieces of a fractured identity.
Raw, reverent, and bursting with searing vulnerability, Non-Prophet canvases the electric tension between devotion and doubt to gods both personal and ubiquitous, and reflects on the natural and built worlds in their claims to the sacred. Winner of the inaugural Claire Harris Poetry Prize, Qurat Dar’s bold debut collection explores what it is to grapple with faith that’s “just another language you’re losing, or one you never learned to speak.”
Weaving through the boundaries of language and form, Non-Prophet meditates on things “just mundane enough to be holy / just holy enough to be mundane” — the death of a bird, the cries of mid-nightmare prayers, the misplaced shame of what it is to bleed. Dar’s poems both rage and reconcile, holding gently the pieces of a fractured identity.
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Published September 23, 2025
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October 2, 2025
5 ⭐️
Won in a Goodreads giveaway.
What a stunning collection of poetry. I understand why this is a Claire Harris Poetry Prize winner!
This is a person coming to terms with their own faith and spirituality, in her own ways.
Won in a Goodreads giveaway.
What a stunning collection of poetry. I understand why this is a Claire Harris Poetry Prize winner!
This is a person coming to terms with their own faith and spirituality, in her own ways.
October 6, 2025
I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway
Hopeless and hopeful, serious and sometimes funny Non-Prophet explores faith, family and womanhood. I enjoyed how it contained different forms of poetry including "Joan" which was my fist introduction to the burning haibun.
Other favourites in this collection include "Ambergris", "Dua for the Weary", and "Alternate Vision For the End of Days"
I enjoyed Qurat Dar's voice and look forward to reading more from her!
Hopeless and hopeful, serious and sometimes funny Non-Prophet explores faith, family and womanhood. I enjoyed how it contained different forms of poetry including "Joan" which was my fist introduction to the burning haibun.
Other favourites in this collection include "Ambergris", "Dua for the Weary", and "Alternate Vision For the End of Days"
I enjoyed Qurat Dar's voice and look forward to reading more from her!
November 10, 2025
Fish mouth was my favourite!!!
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