A new collection from one of our favorite poets. Fourteen "Idiot Psalms," surrounded by dozens of other poems, make this his most challenging collection yet."Idiot Psalm 1"O God Belovéd if obliquely so, dimly apprehended in the midst of this, the...
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A new collection from one of our favorite poets. Fourteen "Idiot Psalms," surrounded by dozens of other poems, make this his most challenging collection yet."Idiot Psalm 1"O God Belovéd if obliquely so, dimly apprehended in the midst of this, the fraught obscuring fog of my insufficiently capacious ken, Ostensible Lover of our kind-while apparently aloof-allow that I might glimpse once more Your shadow in the land, avail for me, a second time, the sense of dire Presence in the pulsing hollow near the heart. Once more, O Lord, from Your Enormity incline your Face to shine upon Your servant, shy of immolation, if You will.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 403872
- Product Code 9781612615165
- ISBNÂ 1612615163
- EANÂ 9781612615165
- Department General Books
- Category Inspirational
- Sub-Category Poetry & Prose
- Publisher Paraclete Pree
- Publication Date Mar 2014
- DRMÂ Adobe
- Printable No
- Size 0.25 MB (EPUB)
Scott Cairns
Scott Cairns teaches modern and contemporary American literature and creative writing at the University of Missouri. He is an accomplished poet whose writing has appeared in "The Atlantic Monthly", "The Paris Review", "The New Republic, Books & Culture, and Image". He was recently named a Guggenheim Fellow.
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