Started off well with soaring descriptions, albeit interspersed with lengthy, verbose histories. Interesting story that took a turn for the massively Started off well with soaring descriptions, albeit interspersed with lengthy, verbose histories. Interesting story that took a turn for the massively disappointing at the end. ...more
I feel bad not rating this higher, but ultimately I think this book is a good intro to spiritual formation for the Christian living audience - and thaI feel bad not rating this higher, but ultimately I think this book is a good intro to spiritual formation for the Christian living audience - and that’s just not where I’m at....more
Rounded up…good stuff but ultimately didn’t feel the authors adequately addressed the fact that we don’t live in a communal society and in many familiRounded up…good stuff but ultimately didn’t feel the authors adequately addressed the fact that we don’t live in a communal society and in many families both or the only parent works. Without that it’s liable to leave the reader feeling somewhat hopeless and doomed to see their children slip away to destruction....more
“No one warned me that music will outlast / the moment it moves, that death and disappearance / are one” from “Dinner in the Diner”
Overall not my favor“No one warned me that music will outlast / the moment it moves, that death and disappearance / are one” from “Dinner in the Diner”
Perhaps if I spent more than a brief hour with this collection, I would appreciate the themes more. As it was, the poems felt rather repetitive. All tPerhaps if I spent more than a brief hour with this collection, I would appreciate the themes more. As it was, the poems felt rather repetitive. All the same, I’d like to read more from this poet.
Probably not the best introduction to Sarton. Not sure if it was the form or just the poems themselves I found hard to engage with. I think there was Probably not the best introduction to Sarton. Not sure if it was the form or just the poems themselves I found hard to engage with. I think there was skill & beauty here, but I had a hard time staying focused to see them.
Appreciated the notes before and after...but wished for more commentary on these fourth century poems from an Indian people group I am otherwise complAppreciated the notes before and after...but wished for more commentary on these fourth century poems from an Indian people group I am otherwise completely unfamiliar with. Although the translations are quite readable.
It takes a lot (a. lot.) to get me to give a poetry collection 5 stars, but I think this one deserves it. It also deserves more time than the few hourIt takes a lot (a. lot.) to get me to give a poetry collection 5 stars, but I think this one deserves it. It also deserves more time than the few hours I have it for this challenge...innumerable references were missed, but still the impact was not lost.
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