From Yehuda Amichai and W. H. Auden to Phyllis Wheatley and Walt Whitman, Hearing God in Poetry invites you to take a closer look at fifty great poems by some of the finest poets in the English language. Some are well known, some deserve to be better known, but all say something distinctive that will lift your spirit.
This beautiful Lent book for 2022 offers six poems for every week from Ash Wednesday, leading up to Holy Week, with ten poems specially chosen for Easter. A short reflection from Richard Harries accompanies each poet and the poem, drawing out their spiritual insights and how they communicate Gods presence.
Hearing God in Poetry is an ideal Lent book for 2022 for poetry lovers and anyone interested in how some of the worlds finest poets have expressed faith in their work. This book of daily readings will introduce you to some wonderful poetry for Lent and Easter, and give you a deeper understanding and appreciation of these brilliant works of literature. It will also help expand your spirituality to see Gods presence in the world around you as you prepare for Easter.
Full of riches, Hearing God in Poetry is a book that you will want to turn to time and time again whether during Lent or in any other season of the year.
Described by Rowan Williams as one of our greatest Christian intellectuals, Richard Harries is one of just two ordained Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature He is also a brilliant theological communicator the author of thirty books, and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4s
Today programme Strong appeal to readers who've enjoyed recent books on faith and poetry by Malcolm Guite (Word in the Wilderness), Janet Morley (The Heart's Time) and Mark Oakley (The Spalsh of Wrods)
Hearing God in Poetry is a lovely Lent book for 2022 from Richard Harries, that reflects on how some of the best-loved poems in the English language communicate a sense of God's presence.
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