Scape

by Luci Shaw, Eugene H. Peterson (Foreword by)

Overview

Luci Shaw's poetry is already widely known and celebrated. Scape, her 2013 collection of new poetry, explores metaphors of spiritual significance, paying attention to the small and seemingly irrelevant events of living and listening to nature. Wise, thoughtful, and probing, her sensuous lyrics find fresh connections and relationships between God and his created universe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625641793
Publisher:	Cascade Books
Publication date:	10/16/2013
Series:	Poiema Poetry , #7
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Luci Shaw is a widely published poet, essayist and speaker. Born in England in 1928 she and her husband, Harold Shaw, established Shaw Publishers in 1971 and published books by authors such as Madeleine L'Engle, James I Packer, and George Carey. She is author of thirty-five books, the most recent being Scape and Adventure of Ascent. In 2013 she received the 10th annual Denise Levertov award for Creative Writing. She lives in Bellingham, WA with her husband, John Hoyte.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x

Foreword Eugene H. Peterson xi

Botanicals 1

So It Is With the Spirit 3

Signals 4

The Slow Pleasures 5

The Birthday Flowers 6

Old Hand 7

At the Clinic 8

The Promise 9

The Green Shiver 10

Flowerhead 11

Still Life 12

Reading Lesson 13

Deconstruction 14

Thunder and Then 15

The God Fruit 16

Announcements 17

Biologicals 19

Catch of the Day 21

Chiang Mai 22

Mailbox 23

Novel 24

A Robin in the Late Afternoon 25

Sparrow 26

Meeting Your Match 27

Incarnate 28

Engine 29

Under the Skin 30

Open End 31

Sonnet for My Left Hip 32

What in the Wind? 33

The Window 34

Knitting in the Wild 35

Good Friday 36

Collection, Recollection 38

The Golden Carp 39

Invasion 40

Credo 41

The Possibilities of Clay 42

To Be a Bird 43

Architectures 45

Scaling the Rocks 47

Three Dimensions 48

Cave Art 49

Unseen 50

Ec-stasis 51

The Moon in Advent 52

Singing About God in Church 53

What the Morning Says to Her 54

What to Do with Bits of String 55

Soft Rock 56

Trend 57

Destination 58

Lakeway Drive 59

What I Needed to Do 60

Verb 61

Under Cover 62

States of Being 63

Singularities 64

Compline at the Cathedral 66

Spire 67

Dancing in the Cathedral 68

Epiphany 69

Mary Considers Her Situation 71

Getting It Right 73

Iron 74

Emmaus Road Remembered 75

Secure 76

Translation 77