Contents
Introduction
Poetry from the Beginning: Genesis 1
Between Heaven and Earth: Christian Wiman’s “Dust Devil”
To See to See: Emily Dickinson’s “I Heard a Fly Buzz”
Love vs. Time: W. H. Auden’s “As I Walked Out One Evening”
Sheep and Shepherd, Poet and King: “Psalm 23”
Who Will Say Our Names?: Charles Martin’s “After 9/11”
Race and Civilization: Countee Cullen’s “Heritage”
The Blind Shall See: A. E. Stallings’s “Explaining an Affinity for Bats”
Watching the Watch: Lisa Russ Spaar’s “Watch”
The Supreme Absence: Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Moose”
Sure Measure: Richard Wilbur’s “A Measuring Worm”
Honesty in the Shadow of Faith: Philip Larkin’s “Church Going”
When Opposites Attract: Geoff Brock’s “Exercitia Spiritualia”
Who’s the Boss: Victoria Chang’s “I Once Was a Child”
Birds of a Feather: George Herbert’s “Easter-wings”
Patience in Poetry