Poetry And Revelation

Author : Roger Housden
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307421524

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Risking Everything by Roger Housden Pdf

“Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?” —Mary Oliver This luminous anthology brings together great poets from around the world whose work transcends culture and time. Their words reach past the outer divisions to the universal currents of love and revelation that move and inspire us all. These poems urge us to wake up and love. They also call on us to relinquish our grip on ideas and opinions that confine us and, instead, to risk moving forward into the life that is truly ours. In his selection, Roger Housden has placed strong emphasis on contemporary voices such as the American poet laureate Billy Collins and the Nobel Prize–winners Czeslaw Milosz and Seamus Heaney, but the collection also includes some timeless echoes of the past in the form of work by masters such as Goethe, Wordsworth, and Emily Dickinson. The tens of thousands of readers of Roger Housden’s “Ten Poems” series will welcome this beautiful harvest of poems that both open the mind and heal the heart.

Author : Carol Elaine Madison
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781462857388

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A Revelation of Poetry by Carol Elaine Madison Pdf

These poems were inspired by God. I want to give Him praise and thanks for awakening a talent that was dominant in me. These poem were given by Revelation from the Author and Finisher of my faith, the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This poetry has been a blessing to my soul, as God has used me to write it. I give it to you A Revelation of Poetry knowing that the meaning of this poetry will bless someones soul.

Author : Kevin Hart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472598325

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Poetry and Revelation by Kevin Hart Pdf

Religious poetry has often been regarded as minor poetry and dismissed in large part because poetry is taken to require direct experience; whereas religious poetry is taken to be based on faith, that is, on second or third hand experience. The best methods of thinking about "experience" are given to us by phenomenology. Poetry and Revelation is the first study of religious poetry through a phenomenological lens, one that works with the distinction between manifestation (in which everything is made manifest) and revelation (in which the mystery is re-veiled as well as revealed). Providing a phenomenological investigation of a wide range of “religious poems”, some medieval, some modern; some written in English, others written in European languages; some from America, some from Britain, and some from Australia, Kevin Hart provides a unique new way of thinking about religious poetry and the nature of revelation itself.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780393243901

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Poets of the Bible: From Solomon's Song of Songs to John's Revelation by Anonim Pdf

“The vividness and beauty of the language emerge in a fresh way . . . with evocative simplicity.” —Robert Alter, professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature, University of California, Berkeley The world’s greatest poetry resides in the Bible, yet these major poets are traditionally rendered into prose. In this pioneering volume of biblical poets translated in English, Willis Barnstone restores the lyricism and power of the poets’ voices in both the New and Old Testaments. In the Hebrew Bible we hear Solomon rhapsodize in Song of Songs, David chant in Psalms, God and Job debate in grand rhetoric, and prophet poet Isaiah plead for peace. Jesus speaks in wisdom verse in the Gospel, Paul is a philosopher of love, and John of Patmos roars majestically in Revelation, the Bible’s epic poem. This groundbreaking volume includes every major biblical poem from Genesis and Adam and Eve in the Garden to the last pages of Alpha and Omega in Paradise.

Author : Robert Atwan,Laurance Wieder
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780199770496

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Chapters into Verse by Robert Atwan,Laurance Wieder Pdf

Drawing a unique map of the history of English poetry, Chapters Into Verse surveys and defines the literary legacy of the Scriptures from the fourteenth century to the present. Arranged in scriptural order from Genesis to Revelation, the book presents each poem alongside the biblical passage that inspired it. Thus readers can conveniently witness the various ways sacred text has sparked the imagination of poets throughout the ages. The editors have included poems by virtually all the prominent religious poets--among them John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Edward Taylor, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Included, too, are devotional and visionary works from a wide range of vintage poets--Robert Burns, William Blake, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Alfred Tennyson, and Robert Browning. Proving that the Bible is just as powerful a source of inspiration today as it was in the past, the collection also assembles a mixed congregation of modern and contemporary poets, such as Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Countee Cullen, e.e. cummings, William Butler Yeats, Laura (Riding) Jackson, A.D. Hope, Denise Levertov, and Philip Levine. Of enduring interest to readers of both scripture and literature, this anthology illuminates key passages of the Old and New Testament. In selection after selection, readers will encounter an astonishing variety of religious experiences, as a host of poets from many eras and many backgrounds respond to Holy Scripture profoundly and imaginatively.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861016

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Revelation by Anonim Pdf

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Author : Michael Edwards
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781681376387

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The Bible and Poetry by Michael Edwards Pdf

A fresh, provocative look at the link between poetry and Christianity, both as it relates to the Bible itself as well as to Christian and religious life, by an accomplished scholar. The Bible is full of poems. In the Old Testament, there are the Psalms and the Song of Songs, the great exhortations and lamentations of the Prophets, and passages of poetry woven in throughout. In the New Testament, Jesus describes the kingdom of heaven with poetic epithets such as “a treasure hid in a field,” calling the Son of God “the true vine,” “the light of the world,” “the good shepherd,” and “the way, the truth, and the life.” The Gospels reverberate with allusions to the poetry of the Old Testament; the last book of all is Revelation, a visionary poem. The Bible, in other words, asks to be read poetically from start to end, and yet readers have rarely considered what that might mean, much less heeded that call. In The Bible and Poetry, the poet and scholar Michael Edwards reshapes our understanding of the Bible and religious belief, arguing that poetry is not an ornamental or accidental feature but is central to both. He speaks personally of his early, unanticipated, transformative encounters with scripture. He offers close, insightful, and resonant readings of biblical passages. Poetry, as he sees it, is the vital and necessary medium of the Creator’s word, and the truth of the Bible is not a question of precepts and propositions but of a direct experience of its poetry, its power.

Author : Mark S. Burrows,Jean Ward,Małgorzata Grzegorzewska
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317079545

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Poetic Revelations by Mark S. Burrows,Jean Ward,Małgorzata Grzegorzewska Pdf

This book explores the much debated relation of language and bodily experience (i.e. the 'flesh'), considering in particular how poetry functions as revelatory discourse and thus relates to the formal horizon of theological inquiry. The central thematic focus is around a 'phenomenology of the flesh' as that which connects us with the world, being the site of perception and feeling, joy and suffering, and of life itself in all its vulnerability. The voices represented in this collection reflect interdisciplinary methods of interpretation and broadly ecumenical sensibilities, focusing attention on such matters as the revelatory nature of language in general and poetic language in particular, the function of poetry in society, the question of Incarnation and its relation to language and the poetic arts, the kenosis of the Word, and human embodiment in relation to the word 'enfleshed' in poetry.

Author : Kevin Hart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religious poetry
ISBN : 1472598342

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Poetry and Revelation by Kevin Hart Pdf

Religious poetry has often been regarded as minor poetry and dismissed in large part because poetry is taken to require direct experience; whereas religious poetry is taken to be based on faith, that is, on second or third hand experience. The best methods of thinking about "experience" are given to us by phenomenology. Poetry and Revelation is the first study of religious poetry through a phenomenological lens, one that works with the distinction between manifestation (in which everything is made manifest) and revelation (in which the mystery is re-veiled as well as revealed). Providing a phenomenological investigation of a wide range of "religious poems, some medieval, some modern; some written in English, others written in European languages; some from America, some from Britain, and some from Australia, Kevin Hart provides a unique new way of thinking about religious poetry and the nature of revelation itself.

Author : Rob Taylor
Publisher : Biblioasis
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781771964203

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Strangers by Rob Taylor Pdf

“It makes no sense. You would be strangers / if not for this.” In Strangers, Rob Taylor makes new the epiphany poem: the short lyric ending with a moment of recognition or arrival. In his hands, the form becomes not simply a revelation in words but, in Wallace Stevens' phrase, “a revelation in words by means of the words.” The epiphany here is not only the poet’s. It’s ours. A book about the songlines of memory and language and the ways in which they connect us to other human beings, to read Strangers is to become part of the lineages (literary, artistic, familial) that it braids together—to become, as Richard Outram puts it, an “unspoken / Stranger no longer.”

Author : Traian Morovan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781543408768

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Prophetic Poetry Revelations by Traian Morovan Pdf

Several of my poems have been inspired by God and Jesus, and I have compiled a selection of my favorites that I have written over the years. I am here to give a message for all that have eyes and ears that you may see and hear this warning. I hope this book finds you well and healthy. I hope it brings upon you blessings of love, health, and wisdom from God, our Creator. Amen!

Author : Octavio Paz
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292753464

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The Bow and the Lyre by Octavio Paz Pdf

Octavio Paz presents his sustained reflections on the poetic phenomenon and on the place of poetry in history and in our personal lives.

Author : Ms. Deborah
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780805986983

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The Book of Revelation Written in Poetry by Ms. Deborah Pdf

Author : Kevin Semeniuk
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 152071033X

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Revelation by Kevin Semeniuk Pdf

Keeping with his passion for translating images and stories from around the world, this collection of poetry holds true to Kevin's style. From the title poem 'Revelation', to '1200 Daughters' and 'Soul Music', each piece delivers something special and unique to its reader; and with this paperback edition you will have the chance to read three bonus pieces that are not made available in the ebook. "I put this collection together as a mixtape style release to accompany my first novel, 'Sweeping with God'. As most of my poetry is quite thought provoking and emotional, that too is the overall theme within this book. My experience with poetry is that although most people feel somewhat intimidated by it, for fear of not understanding, it's a great avenue to accompany truth and reach the heart." - Author note. "I think it's important for people to overlook any preconceived fears or ideas they may have about poetry when approaching Kevin's writing. His writing is fearless & raw, touching on subjects that just aren't being addressed or receiving the attention they deserve in our day to day. From the loss of a loved one to war to poverty & love & hope, there's something in this book for everyone." - Madchild, Award winning recording artist. "You have what every good writer requires, a different way of seeing things; Great work!" - Colin, on Kevin's poetry. "There are lots of great verses here. I particularly liked many of the more political ones. I'm certainly glad that many modern poets are resisting the move against rhyming and metered poetry." - Mike, on Kevin's poetry. "I enjoyed these poems, they are deep and serious in nature. The images and ideas really made me think about life and love, God and existence." - Malcolm, on Kevin's poetry.

Author : Ted Olson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0984783687

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Revelations by Ted Olson Pdf

Fred Chappell says of Ted Olson's second collection of poems: "These surprising revelations are really reminders." The eleven 'chapters' of seven poems per chapter provide readers with poetry that Maurice Manning describes as, "refreshing, almost old-fashioned in that it is truly verse...composed generously with rhythm and rhyme, and that antiquated quality makes the gravity of Revelations all the more subtle."