Catholic Poetry Room stained glass

Woman, taken out of man,
as Adam dreaming slept,
From Adam: Eve, Creator’s plan,
drawn from within his depth

Man, taken out of woman
as Mary pondering kept
inside her heart, her depth within
as baby Jesus slept.


John Liddy and his wife Meredith reside in northern New Jersey where he works as an accountant. John and Meredith enjoy hiking, camping, literature, and other shared interests and values. John’s poetry ranges across themes of nostalgia, religion and spirituality, family and friendship, struggle, history, love and humor.



Since 2019, the Catholic Poetry Room (www.CatholicPoetry.org) has shared a new poem with readers each week. Poems range in style from formal to free verse to ekphrastics, with an honest expression of each author’s spiritual journey. Many Catholic Poetry Room adult readers are new to poetry and find the poems both accessible and enjoyable. The Catholic Poetry Room is also used by Catholic School teachers, who find the poems an excellent way to begin the day with their students, to pray, or use Catholic Poetry Room verse in their academic classes.