Wilderness Voices
Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Inspirational & Religious, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian Life
| Author: | Martha McKown | ISBN: | 9781635750621 |
| Publisher: | Christian Faith Publishing | Publication: | July 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martha McKown |
| ISBN: | 9781635750621 |
| Publisher: | Christian Faith Publishing |
| Publication: | July 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The title, Wilderness Voices, comes from Isaiah: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." As a youth the writer answered her call as Isaiah did, "Here am I; send me!" Her direction in life and her poetry are her response to God's call.
These poems grew out of many thoughts, experiences and relationships. Some are surprisingly funny expressions of comic incidents.
Some poems explode with a look at history's treasure house of people, happenings, and events. War and active, but innocent warriors, tie the now with the past. Rows of tobacco or quiet snow can bring up the sadness and pathos of conflict for Mrs. McKown.
A often used theme is the natural world. Storms and "groanings" of creation are given colorful attention, as well as, the benevolence of our biosphere. Many poems grow from the writers' childhood on a Kentucky farm, the youngest of a large family.
Life and death are inspected and celebrated. There are musings on the questions about illness and the experience of aging. A Summer's Swim," recounts a swim of a 60-year-old with her dog:
My dog likes this child, this me,
Something tells me, I've been given
An adventure in Eden, before 'the fall.'
My spirit is renewed within me, sixty years and all.
Mrs. McKown and her husband have traveled to some 20 countries and poems like, "Beauty and Love, and the Taj Mahal"
grew from those encounters with different cultures. They lived in Panama and visited Christian missions in Central and South America, Europe, India and Nepal.
Christmas meaning and its joy are sung often. Because the Christ event is central to this poetry. Jesus spoke of John in Matthew, "Then what did you go out to see? A prophet?... I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you." Our call is still to prepare the way of the Lord.
The title, Wilderness Voices, comes from Isaiah: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." As a youth the writer answered her call as Isaiah did, "Here am I; send me!" Her direction in life and her poetry are her response to God's call.
These poems grew out of many thoughts, experiences and relationships. Some are surprisingly funny expressions of comic incidents.
Some poems explode with a look at history's treasure house of people, happenings, and events. War and active, but innocent warriors, tie the now with the past. Rows of tobacco or quiet snow can bring up the sadness and pathos of conflict for Mrs. McKown.
A often used theme is the natural world. Storms and "groanings" of creation are given colorful attention, as well as, the benevolence of our biosphere. Many poems grow from the writers' childhood on a Kentucky farm, the youngest of a large family.
Life and death are inspected and celebrated. There are musings on the questions about illness and the experience of aging. A Summer's Swim," recounts a swim of a 60-year-old with her dog:
My dog likes this child, this me,
Something tells me, I've been given
An adventure in Eden, before 'the fall.'
My spirit is renewed within me, sixty years and all.
Mrs. McKown and her husband have traveled to some 20 countries and poems like, "Beauty and Love, and the Taj Mahal"
grew from those encounters with different cultures. They lived in Panama and visited Christian missions in Central and South America, Europe, India and Nepal.
Christmas meaning and its joy are sung often. Because the Christ event is central to this poetry. Jesus spoke of John in Matthew, "Then what did you go out to see? A prophet?... I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you." Our call is still to prepare the way of the Lord.
