Stars Through the Clouds: The Collected Poetry of Donald T. Williams
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1460906519 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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. R. Lewis, and J. He blogs at journalofformalpoetry. He has also contributed essays, poems, and reviews to such journals as National Review, Christianity Today, Touchstone, Modern Reformation, The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Philosophia Christi, Theology Today, Christianity and Literature, Christian Scholar's Review, Mythlore, SEVEN: An Anglo-American Review, etc. Williams holds a BA in English, an M.Div., and a PhD in Medieval and
Tolkien on the Human Condition (Broadman, 2006), Credo: An Exposition of the Nicene Creed (Chalice Press, 2007), and The Devil’s Dictionary of the Christian Faith (Chalice Press, 2008). An ordained minister in the Evangelical Free Church of America with many years of pastoral experience, he has spent several summers in Africa training local pastors for Church Planting International, and currently serves as Professor of English and Chair of the Department of Humanities and Natural Sciences at Toccoa Falls College in the hills of NE Georgia. Williams holds a BA in English, an M.Div., and a PhD in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. He blogs at journalo
Stars Through the Clouds is a revival of the lost art of traditional poetry--glimpses of beauty, goodness, and even truth, couched in what today will seem the radical innovations of meter and rhyme!
Stephanie L. Thompson said Poetry that Touches the Soul. Stars Through the Clouds is a rare treat among modern works of poetry. Donald Williams has captured all the past beauty of historical forms, from the sonnet to the villanelle, and has shown that these older styles can still be relevant in the modern age. Some of his work is reminis. "Poetry at its best: Stars Through the Clouds" according to Ruby Dunlap. A well-crafted poem is smooth to the hand, fragrant to the nose, polished to the eye, and slips down one's thoughts with the sweet and the tart pulling together and in the same direction. The poems look like, as my grandfather would say of the cabinets he used to make, someone made. Kami Melton said Frost Meets Tolkein Meets Donne. There is something for everyone in this anthology, from snippy limericks and clerihews to deep, pondering sonnets on truth and beauty. Williams has an earthy quality that make his work accessible to the common person while subtley lifting the shroud between the everyday and etheria