Long after Lauds: Poems

by Jeanine Hathaway

Book Overview

Ever since the Middle Ages, the first hour of daily prayer in monastic life--Matins--has roused the community from sleep. Wisely, the second hour was reserved for Lauds, which means praise. Praise with that freshly awakened consciousness. In this way, such an attitude toward the world, seen and unseen, could be absorbed before breakfast.

The poems in this book continue that tradition--though outside a monastic community--of waking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639820213
• ISBN13: 9781639820214
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Slant Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"