The Collected Poems By Elizabeth Jennings
Epub the collected poems of a man Elizabeth Jennings 1925 2001 wrote not only copiously the 957 pages in this volume attest to that but also trenchantly about important topics of human life Contemporary readers who are used to much briefer books may find the aforementioned 957 pages daunting However the time needed to delve into Jennings world her life her poems will be well worth the investment. The collected poems ebook pdf Indeed one gets the sense that one holds Jennings life in one s hands on reading these deeply personal poems ranging from the playful to the morose from profound ruminations on time to short poetic masterpieces on the sea and the British landscape Moreover the great sorrows of her life may strike familiar chords in contemporary readers whether the poems concern her mental instability her intense sorrow over children who are killed in war or in crime or the passage of time and its effects on the body and mind. Kindle the collected poems for sale Jennings is a deeply religious poet but readers should not expect a saccharine kind of faith expressed in the poems Her work is orthodox certainly but since it is faithful to the human condition her work concerns not only the great beauties of the Christian Faith for example the city of Rome or translations of Michelangelo s sonnets but also darker aspects with which the Faith is concerned inordinate sexuality lost friendship materialism etc. Book the collected poems of a man A much detailed review of this volume is being written for an upcoming issue of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 9781847770684 To A Friend With A Religious VocationThinking of your vocation I am filledWith thoughts of my own lack of one I seeWithin myself no wish to breed or buildOr take the three vows ringed by poverty. The collected poems ebook pdf And yet I have a senseVague and inchoate with no symmetryOf purpose Is it merely a pretenseA kind of scaffolding which I erect Half out of fear half out of laziness The fitful poems come but can t protectThe empty areas of loneliness. Collection of poetry book It is the dark the dark that draws me backInto a chaos whereVocations visions fail the will grows slackAnd I am stunned by silence everywhere haven t read everything in here yet but what i have is some of the best religious love poetry i ve read you really get a sense of a life painfully and hopefully lived in your hands 9781847770684 A new and definitive edition of the poetry by one of the best loved and most enduringly popular modern poets this collection includes almost all of Elizabeth Jennings published work and a large selection of her unpublished pieces as well as resources detailing her poetry prose essays plays and correspondence Illuminating the religious faith at the heart of her poetry this comprehensive collection celebrates Jennings accomplishments and exposes them to a new community of readers The Collected Poems
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