An Easter poem by R.S. Thomas expresses doubts but finds them answered in an unexpected way.
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A Stone Has Rolled from My Mind
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Church Music, Sweetest of Sweets
In a Malcolm Guite lecture, the Anglican poet and priest draws on Donne and Herbert to imagine us tuning our instruments for entry into the heavenly choir.
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Gentle Exemplar, Help Us in Our Trials
It’s no surprise to learn to Malcolm Guite’s love George Herbert. Both poets grapple with doubts and fears and use poetry to reconnect with God.
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My Heart Was in My Knees, but No Hearing
Herbert laments that sometimes, when he prays, his words don’t get through to God. And yet he finds peace in the end.
Cheer and Tune My Heartless Breast
About prayer, Jesus at one point said to pay as though you are a desperate widow before an indifferent judge. Much of Herbert’s poetry sees God in this light.
My Cries Cannot Pierce Thy Silent Ears
George Herbert poetry is admirable in the way he wrestles with his spiritual doubts. He may owe a debt to “The Book of Job,” where we also see such wrestling.
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