Waiting on the Word: A poem a day for Advent, Christmas and

Waiting on the Word: A poem a day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany

Advent is a season of waiting and anticipation in which the waiting itself is strangely rich and fulfilling. Poetry can help us fathom the depths of Advent's many paradoxes: dark and light, emptiness and fulfilment, ancient and ever new.

For every day from Advent Sunday to Christmas Day and beyond, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal reflections on it. In the spirit of the season, he blends the familiar and the new, ranging from from spiritual classics such as Edmund Spenser, John Donne, George Herbert and Christina Rossetti, to contemporary voices Luci Shaw and Scott Cairns. His own acclaimed sequence of sonnets for the great Advent antiphons are also included.
Country USA
Brand Canterbury Press Norwich
Manufacturer Canterbury Press Norwich
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-08-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781848258006

Waiting on the Word: A poem a day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany