A Century of Poetry: 100 Poems for Searching the Heart
'All serious lovers of poetry will want this book.'
A. N. Wilson

All good poetry has the power to transport and transform us, to inspire and challenge us, to comfort and heal us, and to hold up a mirror to the world around us.

In A Century of Poetry, Rowan Williams invites you to reflect with him on 100 poems from the past 100 years - poems with an originality and depth that can impel you to search your heart, and to explore your own experience and emotions at a deeper level.

Featuring the work of both famous and lesser-known poets, from different faiths, languages and cultures, A Century of Poetry gives you a fresh perspective on works you may be familiar with, as well as introducing you to poems you'll be pleased to discover for the first time - or perhaps discover again.

These meditations, by a writer who is both a poet and a theologian, will open new doors into the experience of reading and absorbing great poetry, highlighting the ways in which their language and imagery can touch unfamiliar places in the heart and enliven the lifelong adventure of spiritual growth and exploration.

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A Century of Poetry: 100 Poems for Searching the Heart
'All serious lovers of poetry will want this book.'
A. N. Wilson

All good poetry has the power to transport and transform us, to inspire and challenge us, to comfort and heal us, and to hold up a mirror to the world around us.

In A Century of Poetry, Rowan Williams invites you to reflect with him on 100 poems from the past 100 years - poems with an originality and depth that can impel you to search your heart, and to explore your own experience and emotions at a deeper level.

Featuring the work of both famous and lesser-known poets, from different faiths, languages and cultures, A Century of Poetry gives you a fresh perspective on works you may be familiar with, as well as introducing you to poems you'll be pleased to discover for the first time - or perhaps discover again.

These meditations, by a writer who is both a poet and a theologian, will open new doors into the experience of reading and absorbing great poetry, highlighting the ways in which their language and imagery can touch unfamiliar places in the heart and enliven the lifelong adventure of spiritual growth and exploration.

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A Century of Poetry: 100 Poems for Searching the Heart

A Century of Poetry: 100 Poems for Searching the Heart

by Rowan Williams
A Century of Poetry: 100 Poems for Searching the Heart

A Century of Poetry: 100 Poems for Searching the Heart

by Rowan Williams

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'All serious lovers of poetry will want this book.'
A. N. Wilson

All good poetry has the power to transport and transform us, to inspire and challenge us, to comfort and heal us, and to hold up a mirror to the world around us.

In A Century of Poetry, Rowan Williams invites you to reflect with him on 100 poems from the past 100 years - poems with an originality and depth that can impel you to search your heart, and to explore your own experience and emotions at a deeper level.

Featuring the work of both famous and lesser-known poets, from different faiths, languages and cultures, A Century of Poetry gives you a fresh perspective on works you may be familiar with, as well as introducing you to poems you'll be pleased to discover for the first time - or perhaps discover again.

These meditations, by a writer who is both a poet and a theologian, will open new doors into the experience of reading and absorbing great poetry, highlighting the ways in which their language and imagery can touch unfamiliar places in the heart and enliven the lifelong adventure of spiritual growth and exploration.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780281085521
Publisher: SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)
Publication date: 09/15/2022
Pages: 400
Sales rank: 700,171
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, PC, FBA, FRSL, FLSW, is a world renowned theological writer, teacher, and poet. He was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012) before becoming Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. His most recent books include A Century of Poetry (2022), Collected Poems (2021), Luminaries (2019), Being Human (2018), God With Us (2017), Being Disciples (2016) and Being Christian (2014).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xii

Introduction xiii

Verger, Winter Afternoon, Galilee Chapel Gillian Allnutt 1

Jews in the Land of Israel Yehuda Amichai 4

The Real Hero Yehuda Amichai 8

Prayer Is Scrubbing Mia Anderson 12

Friday's Child W. H. Auden 16

Luther W. H. Auden 21

Tympanum Jay Bernard 25

Norfolk John Betjeman 29

Alone Chaim Bialik 33

The Pause Ruth Bidgood 37

Noli me tangere Yves Bonnefoy 40

Lazarus Euros Bowen 43

Epiphany Poem George Mackay Brown 46

Sonnets for Mary of Nazareth III John Burt 49

I Am the Great Sun Charles Causley 52

Eden Rock Charles Causley 55

Count Up the Almonds Paul Celan 58

Your Beyondness Paul Celan 62

Cactus in Clayscape Jack Clemo 65

Self-judgement Adam Czerniawski 69

Penance Hilary Davies 72

Prayer Imtiaz Dharker 75

Living Space Imtiaz Dharker 79

One of the First Times After Isabel Dixon 82

Farewell Emmanuel Egbunu 86

Journey of the Magi T. S. Eliot 90

Martha Considers the Lilies Rhina Espaillat 95

Falling Rhina Espaillat 98

Half-past Two U. A. Fanthorpe 101

At a House Party, 'Ultralight Beam' Came on & It Started a Church Service Caleb Femi 105

Tikkun Olam: Mending the World Kate Foley 109

Vespers Louise Glück 113

Don't Bother the Earth Spirit Joy Harjo 116

Facing the Pacific at Night Kevin Hart 119

The Orchards of Syon XLIII Geoffrey Hill 123

The Orchards of Syon XLV Geoffrey Hill 126

Visitation John Hodgen 130

The Angels Fanny Howe 134

The Descent Fanny Howe 138

At the Beginning of Lent: Ash Wednesday Sally Ito 141

Unholy Sonnets 7 Mark Jarman 145

Unholy Sonnets 17 Mark Jarman 148

A Childhood Horror Elizabeth Jennings 151

Sin D. Gwenallt Jones 155

The Music Lesson Brigit Pegeen Kelly 158

Advent Sarah Klassen 163

Sukkot: The Light in the Sukkah Avraham Yitzhak Kook 167

Sukkot: The Sukkah of Peace Avraham Yitzhak Kook 171

The Jacob's Ladder Denise Levertov 175

A Place of Kindness Denise Levertov 179

How to Read Angels Gwyneth Lewis 183

Prayer at the End Saunders Lewis 186

The Postulant Maitreyabandhu (Ian Johnson) 190

Holy Saturday Paul Mariani 193

The Fall Thomas Merton 197

It was on the Very Last Day of Creation Larissa Miller 201

I'm on about My Own Stuff Again, and Again Larissa Miller 204

Poetry and Religion Les Murray 207

The Chimes of Neverwhere Les Murray 211

The Rock Paul Murray 215

The Pottery Lesson Dorothy Nimmo 219

Fundamentalism Naomi Shihab Nye 223

The Words Under the Words Naomi Shihab Nye 227

Seabird's Blessing Alice Oswald 231

Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth Ruth Padel 235

Mystic Sylvia Plath 240

On Easter Saturday Michael Symmons Roberts 245

A New Song Michael Symmons Roberts 248

Unrecorded Epistle Tadeusz Rózewicz 251

Thorn Tadeusz Rózewicz 255

A Gilded Lapse of Time 12 Gjertrud Schnackenburg 259

The Friends' Meeting Room David Scott 262

Canon Fenton, Theologian David Scott 265

The Angel of Rheims Olga Sedakova 269

Chinese Journey 18 Olga Sedakova 273

Poem Found Martha Serpas 276

This Vikram Seth 280

The Alphabet Karl Shapiro 283

Steps to the Temple C. H. Sisson 286

Thoughts Without Order Concerning the Love of God Dana Littlepage Smith 290

The Airy Christ Stevie Smith 293

Truth John Solilo 298

First Miracle A. E. Stallings 302

The Lead Plates of the Rom Printers Avrom Sutzkever 305

Who Will Be Left? What Will Be Left? Avrom Sutzkever 309

The Conversation of Prayer Dylan Thomas 312

Sea-watching R. S. Thomas 316

Neither R. S. Thomas 320

Biddan (to pray) Sally Thomas 324

A City's Death by Fire Derek Walcott 327

A Christening Remembered Vernon Watkins 331

Adam Vernon Watkins 335

Faith Aled Jones Williams 338

Taliessin on the Death of Virgil Charles Williams 341

What Is Man? Waldo Williams 346

Coming into the Kingdom Christian Wiman 350

Wake Franz Wright 354

Saint Judas James Wright 358

Mysticism for Beginners Adam Zagajewski 361

Grace Is Unmoved. It Is the Light that Melts, excerpt from 'Philosophers' Stone' Jan Zwicky 364

Copyright acknowledgements 368

Bibliography 372

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