Since poetry is our best human model of intricately rich communication, not only solemn, weighty, and forceful but also densely woven with complex internal connections, meanings, and implications, it makes sense that divine speech should be represented in poetry. Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Poetry, pg. 141
Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category
The Language of God
Posted in God, Poetry on December 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Material Cause
Posted in Existence, Imagination, Life, Poetry on November 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. Muriel Rukeyser
“The best preachers are poets”
Posted in Art, Imagination, Philosophy/Theology, Poetry on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The best preachers are poets; the worst preachers are salesmen who are not really paying attention to the mysterious revelation they proclaim. Jeffrey Overstreet, film critic and novelist
Paglia on Poetry
Posted in Art, Books and reading, Poetry on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Poetry should not require academic translators to mediate between the poet and his or her audience. Poetry is a sensory mode where ideas are or should be fully embodied in emotion or in imagery grounded in the material world. Camille Paglia
You’ve Got to Read This 1.0
Posted in Poetry, tagged Poetry on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider. You can also listen here.
