Francis And Clare In Poetry: An Anthology

Francis And Clare in Poetry: An Anthology

...the lives and writings of Francis and Clare are the very stuff of poetry. As the poems in this anthology demonstrate, Francis and Clare are icons that call from poets, ancient and new, songs of homage, songs of veneration, songs that try to understand something of the mystery of their love of God and all God s creatures... from the Foreword by Murray Bodo, O.F.M.Francis and Clare in Poetry: An Anthology is a comprehensive collection of poems written by and about Saints Francis and Clare. The poetry in this anthology is as timeless and memorable as the masters who wrote them. MURRAY BODOBILLY COLLINSSEAMUS HEANEYGERARD MANLEY HOPKINSTHOMAS MERTONHOWARD MOSSDANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTIALFRED LORD TENNYSONWILLIAM WORDSWORTHCHARLES WRIGHTAnd more! About the Author DAVID CRAIG teaches creative writing at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. He has published three works of fiction and eight collections of poetry; his most recent collection is Sonnets from Matthew (Franciscan University of Steubenville Press). JANET McCANN is a poet who has been teaching at Texas A&M University for thirty-five years. Her most recent collection of poetry is Buddha in the Barbed-Wire Garden.