The following two audio files contain readings by Patti Smith of her poems "Lunar Lord" and "Death by Water", recorded 1972 in New York City, St Mark's Church.

Lunar Lord
Death by Water

A reading of "Oath", recorded in New York City, 1973. Its opening lines would later grace the intro to "Gloria".
Oath

"Nigger Book", recorded live at the Bottom Line in NYC 1975/12/28.
Nigger Book

QUOTE
"Somebody once pointed out to me that I was a religious poet. I didn't even realize it. I do work on spiritual planes, like I have Egyptian Coptic visions, I try to commune with Rimbaud. But I generally consider myself a tough, dirty Rimbaudian. My father taught us not to be a pawn in God's game. He used to blasphemy and swear against God, putting him down. I got that side of me from him. The religious part I guess is from my mother, who is a complete religious fanatic."
~Patti Smith, from an interview by Penny Green in Andy Warhol's Interview, 1973