| Idiot Psalms: New Poems Contributor(s): Cairns, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1612615155 ISBN-13: 9781612615158 Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $19.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2013037323 |
| Series: Paraclete Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 5.58" W x 8.18" (0.30 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Belov d 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cairns, Scott: - Librettist, essayist, translator, and author of nine poetry collections, Scott Cairns is Professor of English and Director of the Low-Residency MFA Program at Seattle Pacific University. His poems and essays have appeared in Poetry, Image, Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and both have been anthologized in multiple editions of Best American Spiritual Writing. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006, and the Denise Levertov Award in 2014. |