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Deep Wonder : Poems

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This volume of 66 poems is the result of a bitter inspiration: an unexpected, numbing experience of personal rejection. Broken by the loss of human love, the poet turns to God, directing his love poems at the worthiest of targets, and at the only being capable of wholly selfless love.

"Deep Wonders" is in one sense highly personal, but this does not mean readers will be unable to relate to it. Anyone who has suffered and turned to God with a newly opened heart will be able to join in the celebration Kolin offers. Kolin's style is somewhat truncated, with very short lines written in free verse. Occasionally, a lack of standard punctuation impedes the otherwise easy flow of the poems, causing the reader to temporarily pause in order to gather the meaning.

Nevertheless, Kolin's poetry has the rare quality of being accessible without being simplistic. There is no academic pretension displayed here, no convoluted or irrational comparisons. The imagery is powerfully concise and always appropriate. Alliteration is employed frequently but subtly.

This collection of poems invite the reader to journey deeper into their own journey and probe the mystery of God. "Deep Wonder" will find a home in the heart of the mystic and the mystified, the desert embracer and the non-discriminating seeker. It is a book that is ponderous and profitable, reflective and refreshing, deserting and assuring, emotion-capturing and affirming. At a time when many have concluded that organized religion no longer touches or answers their deepest needs and desires, this book will breate new life and hope into their search, speak to their deepest longings, embrace them in their questions and satisfy their innate hungers.