{"product_id":"idiot-psalms-new-poems-9781612615158","title":"Idiot Psalms: New Poems","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Idiot Psalm 1\" \u003cbr\u003e O God Belov d if obliquely so, \u003cbr\u003e dimly apprehended in the midst \u003cbr\u003e of this, the fraught obscuring fog \u003cbr\u003e of my insufficiently capacious ken, \u003cbr\u003e Ostensible Lover of our kind--while \u003cbr\u003e apparently aloof--allow \u003cbr\u003e that I might glimpse once more \u003cbr\u003e Your shadow in the land, avail \u003cbr\u003e for me, a second time, the sense \u003cbr\u003e of dire Presence in the pulsing \u003cbr\u003e hollow near the heart. \u003cbr\u003e Once more, O Lord, from Your Enormity incline \u003cbr\u003e your Face to shine upon Your servant, shy \u003cbr\u003e of immolation, if You will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibrettist, essayist, translator, and author of nine poetry collections, \u003cb\u003eScott Cairns\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Director of the Low-Residency MFA Program at Seattle Pacific University. His poems and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry, Image, Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and both have been anthologized in multiple editions of \u003ci\u003eBest American Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006, and the Denise Levertov Award in 2014.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paraclete Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669776929042,"sku":"9781612615158","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee1137bb-62ee-4e7d-b967-11c87e3a8db6.jpg?v=1733766020","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/idiot-psalms-new-poems-9781612615158","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}