Unabashedly local and particular, these poems bring alive the sights, sounds, and people of Minneapolis and Saint Paul–the «twin cities» of Minnesota. In addition, they aim to think and feel their way through one of the most painful episodes in the history of the local church, the revelations of cover-up surrounding the sexual abuse of children by priests. The poet's words present one mode of healing in a difficult hour, some nourishment as ...
"Luminus, fragst du dich nicht manchmal, wie ein sonnenheller Tag aussieht?" Diese Frage geht Schimmerie Harztropf, der kleinen Waldfee aus dem Wolfsburger Hasselbachtal, einfach nicht aus dem Kopf. Zu gern mochte sie ihren geliebten Wald einmal bei Tag erleben. Doch sobald die Sonne aufgeht, fallen Waldfeen in einen tiefen Zauberschlummer. Plotzlich entdecken Schimmerie und ihr Feenwolf einen magischen Faden, der mitten aus dem nachtlichen ...
Using the structure of the liturgical calendar and the lives of the saints for inspiration, Kevin Brown explores not only faith, but subjects ranging from love to childhood and from grammar to grace. The saints' backgrounds serve as metaphors for our lives today, as we struggle with our mortality and our morality. In these poems, Brown is able to laugh at himself and his failings while reminding us of our own. He points out where our variou ...
A collection that alternates between celebration and lament, Winnower traces the experiences of an American poet growing up in war-torn Chad, Africa. ...
We don't define home the same way anymore. School shootings and natural disasters populate the headlines. Tragedy and disease infiltrate our neighborhoods. We not only must survive in an unsafe world, but also persevere in it. By confronting fear and embracing family, Local News from Someplace Else rediscovers both grace and joy. ...
The Gospel of the Bleeding Woman imagines a life for an interesting, unnamed biblical character: the bleeding woman who touches Jesus in three of the gospel accounts. The first half of this poetry collection is biblical/historical fiction; the second half, after the healing touch, moves into the realm of speculative fantasy (because faith is a strange, strange thing). ...
Whether recalling long days on a tractor, late nights at prayer meeting, or the joyful heartbreak of raising a family, the poems in Twisted Shapes of Light take truth where they find it. William Jolliff wraps both arms around the phenomenon old Quakers called «that of God in everyone,» welcoming into his work a unique cast of characters seldom portrayed in contemporary poetry. The result is an honest struggle with faith and failure–and even an o ...
These are psalms in the sonnet form–life's sonnets. They are about loss, hope, and Christ. They speak to the human condition, which Christ knew and addressed. They try to contemplate the Bible. They speak the messages of abandonment, finding, gratitude, searching, temptation, and peace. They struggle with indifference. They are about human beings, the wide things we care about mutually. These are poems about crying and cursing, blessing and ...
When asked how to pray, Jesus advises his listeners to be brief, unlike those who «think that they will be heard because of their many words» (Matt 7:8). This statement, like many others in scriptures, raises questions. How many words are too many, and how else besides words to ponder Holy Writ? In these poems, Elizabeth Poreba seeks to keep Jesus' advice in mind while examining her life as a convert from a Puritan-infused Congregationalism ...