Poems of Rowan Williams
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Paperback / softback
£9.95
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781847774521
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 24/04/2014
'I dislike the idea of being a religious poet. I would prefer to be a poet for whom religious things mattered intensely.' In the poems collected in this book, Rowan Williams writes of many things. He visits the Holy Land, commemorates the deaths of parents and close friends, explores elements of ancient Celtic culture; poems are inspired by works of art, landscapes rural and urban, and historical figures from Tolstoy to Simone Weil. What connects poem to poem is the poet's vividly sensual language, his formal mastery, and how he can address, specifically and particularly, what matters most intensely. 'Earth is a hard text to read', writes Welsh poet Waldo Williams in a poem translated here. For Rowan Williams, this very reading is the task of the poet.
'It's serious, craftsmanly writing on faith, history and mortality - it's the real thing.' --Sean O'Brien, Independent 'Reading this poet, at such a period in our history, is like feeling the first drops of rain after a long season of drought.'--A.N. Wilson, Daily Telegraph 'His poetry opens windows on a rich and restless imagination.' --Boyd Tonkin, Independent