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.
Author: Scott Cairns
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Published: 02/01/2014
Pages: 82
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.58w x 0.23d
ISBN13: 9781612615158
ISBN10: 1612615155
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
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.
Author: Scott Cairns
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Published: 02/01/2014
Pages: 82
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.58w x 0.23d
ISBN13: 9781612615158
ISBN10: 1612615155
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
About the Author
Scot McKnight, Ph.D. is Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard Illinois. He is the award-winning author of The Jesus Creed, 40 Days Living the Jesus Creed, The Real Mary, Embracing Grace and Praying with the Church. Scot lives with his wife, Kristen, in the Chicago suburbs and has two children, Laura and Lukas, and two grandchildren.