Cinnamon Theologies Sonnets |
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| Author:
| Nightingale, Steven |
| ISBN: | 978-1-891033-42-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Publisher: | Black Rock Press
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| Imprint: | Rainshadow Editions |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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For poet Steven Nightingale, the sonnet is not just a poetic form, it is the form of our dreams: the dream that poetry can take the mind home to original beauties; that the life of each of us is bound to a joy at the midmost of the world; that language can tease a bright reality from the catastrophes of the day; that we may learn to change ourselves, in hopes of becoming hidden sidekicks of light, useful, practical,
bemused.
To bring home these dreams, Nightingale%u2019s poems...
More DescriptionFor poet Steven Nightingale, the sonnet is not just a poetic form, it is the form of our dreams: the dream that poetry can take the mind home to original beauties; that the life of each of us is bound to a joy at the midmost of the world; that language can tease a bright reality from the catastrophes of the day; that we may learn to change ourselves, in hopes of becoming hidden sidekicks of light, useful, practical,
bemused.
To bring home these dreams, Nightingale%u2019s poems travel the world in body and soul. So The Cinnamon Theologies%u2014%u201CCinnamon%u201D for the sensual world, the amorous overture, our delight in earth and spice and song, the promise of love and the unity with the beloved. And %u201CTheologies%u201D for the everyday presence of the divine, all the transcendental elements in our hours, in word or event; and the call to us of another and better world.