Idiot Psalms: New Poems

by Scott Cairns

Book Overview

A new collection from one of our favorite poets. Fourteen "Idiot Psalms," surrounded by dozens of other poems, make this his most challenging collection yet.

"Idiot Psalm 1"
O God Belov d if obliquely so,
dimly apprehended in the midst
of this, the fraught obscuring fog
of my insufficiently capacious ken,
Ostensible Lover of our kind--while
apparently aloof--allow
that I might glimpse once more
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612615155
• ISBN13: 9781612615158
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.2"