
After Prayer: New sonnets and other poems
by Malcolm Guite
Title:
After Prayer: New sonnets and other poems
Author:
Malcolm Guite
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
96 pages
Publisher:
Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN-13:
9781786222107
EAN:
9781786222107
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
276
Dimensions (mm):
140 x 214 x 8
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than seventy new and previously unpublished works. At the heart of this collection is a sequence of twenty seven sonnets written in response to George Herbert’s exquisite sonnet 'Prayer', each one describing prayer in an arresting metaphor such as ‘the church's banquet’, ‘reversed thunder’, ‘the Milky Way’, ‘the bird of paradise’ and ‘something understood’. In conversation with each of these, Malcolm’s sonnets offer profound insights into the nature of communion with God in all circumstances and conditions. Recognising that all poetry is a pursuit of prayer, After Prayer also includes forty five more widely ranging new poems, including a sonnet sequence on the seven heavens.














