The Instruments of Art

Religion, personal experiences of faith, and parallels between artistic and godly creation are explored in this collection of emotionally raw poems that focus on the suffering and love required by the God of the Old Testament and the poet's own struggle with religious endeavors. The lives, works, personal sacrifices, and inspirations of Edvard Munch, Van Gogh, and others are also discussed.

I The Instruments of Art

Canvas

3

(1)

Heirs to a Different Century

4

(3)

Late October Evening

7

(1)

Riverdown

8

(3)

The Gift

11

(1)

Rhododendron, Fuchsia, Thorn

12

(3)

By the Banks of the Dodder

15

(1)

The Visitors

16

(1)

The Rowan Tree

17

(1)

The Meadows of Asphodel

18

(1)

Adagio Molto

19

(1)

Three Rivers

20

(1)

The Instruments of Art

21

(6)

II The Artist

27

(10)

III The Old Yellow House

House at the Crossroads

37

(1)

The Study

38

(1)

Carpenter

39

(1)

The Monastery

40

(1)

Sheltering Places

41

(1)

The Mysteries

42

(1)

The Ship

43

(1)

The Siege

44

(1)

The Old Yellow House

45

(4)

IV According to John

You

49

(1)

One for Sorrow

50

(3)

Lady

53

(1)

The Jacaranda Tree

54

(1)

The Divine Office

55

(2)

Of Misery: The Other John

57

(2)

Suffer the Children

59

(2)

Master of the Feast

61

(2)

Angelus

63

(3)

Drinking the Spring

66

(2)

In the Teeth of the Wolf

68

(3)

The Gravity of Flesh

71

(3)

Lazarus, and the Migration of Storks

74

(3)

Carnival of the Animals

77

(1)

The Aftertaste of Bitterness

78

(2)

Beloved

80

(2)

Report from a Far Place

82

(1)

The Light of Dawn

83

(3)

Prayer

86

(3)

V An Exemplary Fiction

The Red Gate

89

(1)

Mushrooms

90

(2)

The Big Men

92

(1)

The Mother

93

(2)

Husbandry

95

(1)

The Poem

96

(1)

Spaces of Peace

97

(1)

Brothers

98

(2)

Age of Foolishness

100

(1)

Blessing

101

(1)

Patricia's Story

102

(3)

Spaces before War

105

(1)

The Marriage Settlement

106

(1)

On Land and Sea

107

(1)

The Dromedary Caravans

108

(2)

By the River

110

(2)

The Chaplet

112

(3)

VI Seasons in Hell

Holy Saturday

115

(1)

The Artist in his Youth

115

(1)

Boot-Prints in Snow

116

(1)

Terre Cuite

116

(1)

Hero

117

(1)

Foxgloves

117

(1)

Redemption

118

(1)

Daffodils

118

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