Some Speaking Swirls by John Milbank

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‘The intersection of theology and poetry is a charged zone of encounter and, if I may say it, discipline. Yet theres a generosity and a lightness to Milbanks verse: a concinnity both with, and within the now, the lyric moment of generous apprehension, which aligns these taut lyrics with the sensibility of Traherne. Ripeness rustles, but it is brightness that reigns here, among alien and yet familiar creatures, a jackdaw, an escaped jaguar in a wood, a white cat in autumn, beech-mulch that sings silently. These radiant poems overflow with creation and gratitude.’ G.C. Waldrep

Shearsman Books