{"product_id":"idiot-psalms-new-poems-paperback","title":"Idiot Psalms: New Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Cairns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new collection from one of our favorite poets. Fourteen \"Idiot Psalms,\" surrounded by dozens of other poems, make this his most challenging collection yet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Idiot Psalm 1\" \u003cbr\u003e O God Belov d if obliquely so, \u003cbr\u003e dimly apprehended in the midst \u003cbr\u003e of this, the fraught obscuring fog \u003cbr\u003e of my insufficiently capacious ken, \u003cbr\u003e Ostensible Lover of our kind--while \u003cbr\u003e apparently aloof--allow \u003cbr\u003e that I might glimpse once more \u003cbr\u003e Your shadow in the land, avail \u003cbr\u003e for me, a second time, the sense \u003cbr\u003e of dire Presence in the pulsing \u003cbr\u003e hollow near the heart. \u003cbr\u003e Once more, O Lord, from Your Enormity incline \u003cbr\u003e your Face to shine upon Your servant, shy \u003cbr\u003e of immolation, if You will.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLibrettist, essayist, translator, and author of nine poetry collections, \u003cb\u003eScott Cairns\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Director of the Low-Residency MFA Program at Seattle Pacific University. His poems and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry, Image, Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and both have been anthologized in multiple editions of \u003ci\u003eBest American Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006, and the Denise Levertov Award in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.18 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758743650592,"sku":"9781612615158","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6ee528bce30c505a33ef42376c650c12.webp?v=1780134302","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/idiot-psalms-new-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}