Denver Poems Prayers and Promises John performs “Poems, Prayers and Promises” from the Carpenters TV Special in 1976. Off the album Poems, Prayers & Promises which is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released on April 6, 1971 by RCA Records. The album was recorded in New York City, and produced by Milton Okun and Susan Ruskin. Poems, Prayers & Promises was Denver’s commercial breakthrough, and contains several of his most popular songs, such as “Poems, Prayers,