The Seven Last Words of Christ 2019 - 2022

from Bedrock Press

Book/Magazine

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The Seven Last Words of Christ 2019 - 2022, consists of 28 poems (4 per word) meditating on the last words of Christ before his death. This collection includes the poems from the 2019-2021 book, the poems for 2022 and a new introduction that aims to contextualize these poems in light of their progression from the old.

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From the introduction:

Another year, and another series of poems meditating on the seven last words of Christ. This year's poems focus particularly on the theme of relationship, building upon previous explorations of freedom from/to and forgiveness. As living communion, a relationship grows over time spent and the interplay in coming to know who you are, as well as in knowing and in being known by another. This requires investment and sacrifice, which are the hammer and chisel of identity. While this remains true at the human level, there is no higher or greater sense of belonging, of being known, than in God, who is “higher than my highest and more inward than my innermost self.” Knowing this and being able to embody it in daily life, however, are two very different things.

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8 ½’’ x 11’’, 56 half-size pages printed on Strathmore Natural White 28 lb. wove stock, 3-hole sewn into recycled black linen 80 lb. cardstock with red flyleaf and letterpress printed butcher’s paper dust jacket.

Hand-numbered first edition of 7 copies.