A Liturgy for Stones [Paperback]

David Wright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2003

David Wright's poetry does not fit easily into poetic categories. Though they take up biblical texts and themes, the poems are not especially devotional. Nor are the poems merely academic, though they demonstrate considerable poetic craft. Instead, these poems suggest fresh ways of poetically singing within and against the Christian tradition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Cascadia Publishing House (March 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931038139
• ISBN-13: 978-1931038133
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,974,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritual Poems as Tangible as Stones, November 6, 2011

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This review is from: A Liturgy for Stones (Paperback)

David Wright's poems are a delight for any reader who has tended a garden, lost a friend, taught a child to swim, or sought the Kingdom of God. Few poets resonate with me on such a personal, human level while challenging me to seek an authentic experience with the divine. His poem "Chicken Scratches on the Back of Sunday's Bulletin" illustrates this tension perfectly by comparing a loving God to a barnyard hen (as does the verse in Luke 13): "You clatter noises, warnings, lovings we do not understand/as we wander and chatter nonsense ourselves/before returning in fear. / An eagle might kill us; a dove we'd not notice at all./ Clutch us under your mottled wings." Read this beautifully-crafted collection and ". . . hope for a resurrection,/ of the solid world to come."