Easter Poems by David Craig by David Craig
$21.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
"This is a book of joy, an Easter of jubilation. Holiness infuses these poems: holy flights of imagination, holy laughter, holy living in the everyday, and holy resurrection hope. Even the punishing season of winter is 'a glass of chilled champagne.' And angels everywhere-materializing to sing a Bach ma ...Show more
The Strangeness of the Good - Including Quarantine Notebook by James Matthew Wilson
$24.50 AUD
Category: Poetry
The Dream of Gerontius by John Henry Newman
$19.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Blessed Newman's Dream of Gerontius is a beautiful and subtle poem about the soul of a man who has died in a state of grace as he is led by his guardian angel past the bounds of material existence toward the merciful judgment seat of God. In the vein of Dante and Calderon, Newman's poem gives exquisite ...Show more
As Kingfishers Catch Fire - Selected and Annotated Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins; Holly Ordway (Edited by)
$42.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of the English language. A Jesuit priest known for his sophisticated but innovative style, Hopkins wrote poetry that expressed the full range of emotional and spiritual experience, taking readers through trials and triumph ...Show more
The Ballad of the White Horse by G K Chesterton
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Category: Poetry
One of the last great epic poems, this ballad tells the tale of Alfred the Great's unlikely victory - with the assistance of the Virgin Mary - over Gunthrum and the Danes at the Battle of Ethandune. A Catholic allegory relying more upon legends than historical facts, this chronicle of Alfred's triumph i ...Show more
Poetry & Mysticism by Raissa Maritain
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Category: Poetry
These two essays by Raïssa Maritain - "Sense and Non-Sense in Poetry" and "Magic, Poetry, and Mysticism" - comprise an often-forgotten but significant contribution to Catholic letters. Maritain considers the way true poetry always transcends its "logical sense" in order to convey a "poetic sense." Poetr ...Show more
Softly Shines This Love - Seventy Years Inside Convent Gates by Marie Leonie Williams
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Category: Poetry
Sr Marie Leonie Williams' new book of poems is a celebration of almost seventy years as a professed Sister of Mercy in Australia. The poems include memories, thanksgivings, family, colleagues, friendships, places, journeys and personalities that have formed her life and brought about the joy and enthusi ...Show more
The Divine Comedy Vol 3 - Paradiso by Dante Alighieri; Mark Musa (Translated by)
$38.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Divine Comedy Ser.
The final volume in this brilliant translation destined to take its place among the great English versions of "The Divine Comedy". In his translation of "Paradise", Mark Musa exhibits the same sensitivity to language and knowledge of translation that enabled his versions of "Inferno" and "Purgatory" to ...Show more
The Dream of Gerontius by John Henry Newman; Fr Gregory Winterton (Introduction by); Fr Benedict Groeschel, CFR (Preface by)
$17.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Cardinal John Henry Newman's renowned poem describes the death of an old man and the journey of his soul to the judgment seat of God. First published in 1865, it quickly became a best-seller in its field, second only in popularity to Tennyson's In Memoriam. William Gladstone described The Dream of Geron ...Show more
The Divine Comedy Vol 1 - Inferno by Dante Alighieri; Mark Musa (Translated by)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Divine Comedy Ser.
This vigorous and swift blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of Hell re-creates for the modern reader the rich meanings that the poem had for Dante's contemporaries.