Deep Wonder : Poems - Softcover

Kolin, Philip C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967190118 ISBN 13: 9780967190112

Publisher: Grey Owl Pr, 2000

Synopsis

"Deep Wonder" is a collection of poetic meditations on love, loss, renewal, and faith by a Catholic author. The book is divided into four parts: "The Desert," "Jesus Ministers," "The Banquet of Christ," and "Bravissimo, Abba!" The author reflects on God's love and our often inadequate response to it, on the Gospels, and on mystical union with God. The poems sometimes express desolation, sometimes ecstatic or quiet joy, sometimes playfulness. They are always direct, heartfelt, and intimate.

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About the Author

Philip C. Kolin is a professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg. A graduate of Chicago State University and the University of Chicago, he received his doctorate from Northwestern University. He has written more than twenty books and countless articles on Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, and other authors. His most recent book, on the production and cultural history of "A Streetcar Named Desire," was published by Cambridge University Press in its Plays in Production series.

Philip Kolin is an authority on technical and business writing; his "Successful Writing at Work" (Houghton Mifflin) is in its sixth edition. He has received many honors and research grants, and in 1991-93 he was Charles W. Moorman Alumni Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of Southern Mississippi. He was founding coeditor of "Studies in American Drama, 1945-Present," published by Ohio State University Press and recognized by the Conference of Editors of Learned Journals as the best new journal of 1986.

Philip Kolin's poetry has appeared in "Christianity and Literature," "Living Streams," "Xavier Review," "Silver Wings," "Channels," the "Michigan Quarterly Review," the "South Carolina Review," the "Anglican Theological Review," and other journals. "His Roses for Sharron: Poems" was published by Colonial Press in 1993. "Deep Wonder" is his first book entirely devoted to religious poetry.

Philip Kolin is a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Hattiesburg.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Christ, the King of Doors

Welcome, Christ
The King of Doors
In your life.

Let Him have
Control of all
The handles
And knobs
You try to
Turn furiously
For your good.

Let Him open
Or close
As he sees
Fit for you.

His love is a door
That opens even
When we try to close
It. Our selfishness
Cannot keep
Him out

A closed door
Here below
Does not always
Mean you are
Locked out

He may be
Shutting one
Door to open
Another better one
For all eternity.

Don't leave
Any of His doors
Ajar with
Stubborn complaints-
You could stand
In the way of
A miracle.

Put your trust
Not a doubting hand
In the gash in His side:
The door He opened
To close you
In His heart forever.

Amen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Grey Owl Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967190118
• ISBN 13: 9780967190112
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112