Rain Falling by the River
New and selected poems of the spirit
Rain Falling by the River
New and selected poems of the spirit
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Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
ISBN: 9781848259683
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 25/04/2017
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
As a spiritual director, theologian, teacher and chaplain, Christopher Southgate's poetry resonates deeply with human experience and has received wide recognition.
Here he collects together new and some of his most popular poems that touch on spiritual themes.
A number of commissioned poems feature in this collection, including one on the King James Bible, quoted by Rowan Williams at the 400th anniversary service in Westminster Abbey.
Other poems are drawn directly from biblical narratives, or reflect on the person of Jesus. Also included are poems focusing on places of spiritual significance: Iona, Lindisfarne, Patmos, and the site of 9/11 in Manhattan, as well as poems about suffering and grief including the popular work 'Coming to Terms', featured on BBC Radio 4.
Resonant as lark song beside a still pool, these poems reveal the truth of being that is porous to the Holy. People, places and situations come alive through Southgate's masterful, sometimes playful and always reverent evocations. -- Carla A. Grosch-Miller, author of Psalms Redux
