The Consequence of Moonlight: Poems

Sofia Starnes

ISBN 10: 161261860X / ISBN 13: 9781612618609

Edité par Paraclete Press, 2018

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A clean crisp well preserved 2018 Paraclete Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The act of writing poetry, for Sofia Starnes, is a "getting out of the way" so that a poem might occur, a poem that must itself become a place of resonance, where the reader might recognize a voice otherwise unheard. The Consequence of Moonlight is a poetic invitation to an awareness of an underlying Presence; it is also a call to be present as a loving witness of valuable--and vulnerable--things. These poems are written to be depositories for the reader's experiences. The poem's truth is its emotion, nothing else. Why moonlight? Because the moon has no light of its own; it lives on borrowed light, as we do. The moon is best perceived and most needed in the dark, fulfilling itself in absence. It is both here and there, as is often true for saints, whose luminosity is seen as lunacy in the world. .

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Consequence of Moonlight: Poems
• Éditeur: Paraclete Press
• Date de parution: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 161261860X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781612618609
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Poetry

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The act of writing poetry, for Sofia Starnes, is a “getting out of the way” so that a poem might occur, a poem that must itself become a place of resonance, where the reader might recognize a voice otherwise unheard.  The Consequence of Moonlight  is a poetic invitation to an awareness of an underlying Presence; it is also a call to be present as a loving witness of valuable—and vulnerable—things. Why moonlight? Because the moon has no light of its own; it lives on borrowed light, as we do. The moon is best perceived and most needed in the dark, fulfilling itself in absence. It is both here and there, as is often true for saints, whose luminosity is seen as lunacy in the world.

À propos de l'auteur

Sofia Starnes, the recent Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2012-2014), is the poetry editor of the Anglican Theological Review and author of five poetry collections, including The Soul's Landscape, co-winner of the Aldrich Poetry Prize, judged by Billy Collins. She lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she serves as Eucharistic Minister at St. Bede Catholic Church. Learn more at www.sofiamstarnes.com.