Avalgar (and Other Poems): Poems of Faith, Doubt and Hope - Couverture souple

Rice-Oxley, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0954613929 ISBN 13 : 9780954613921

Editeur : ARO Books UK, 2007

Synopsis

This poetry collection consists of poems written over a period of more than forty years in response to issues of faith in the author's own life and his meeting with others in key moments of their lives. Some of the people described in the poems are imaginary, most are not, but all are based on real people. They include a very approachable school caretaker ("The School Caretaker"), a wife splitting up from her husband ("Free Now"), a homesick lad in a boarding school ("The New Boy"), and a child of the future learning for the first time about pylons which no longer exist ("Power Lines"). Religious poems, which are the mainstay of the book, include poems about Christmas, Lent and the Passion, pieces inspired by Christian poets George Herbert and T.S. Eliot, and poems about prayer and moral conflict with evil, negative forces. There are also poems about creativity and the writing of poetry, and there is a section of maxims and words of counsel. Major themes are faith dealing with doubt and depression, the passage of time and spiritual journeys, and God's grace. Although some poems are sad or dark, light and sunshine recur throughout the volume and the dominant note is one of hope and trust. The collection begins with "Avalgar", a narrative poem, which tells the story of a journey into outer space and the discovery of another Garden of Eden.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrew Rice-Oxley is a former English and Drama teacher in English secondary schools. He is the author of books for GCSE English and Drama and A-Level Theatre Studies (and Drama), plays for church, school and the amateur stage, short stories and a semi-autobiographical novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ARO Books UK
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0954613929
• ISBN 13: 9780954613921
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible