This is an excellent poem which not only engages beautifully with language and ideas, but also with those little mysteries and annunciations that so often lie, unseen and unheard, behind the incessant distractions of everyday life. An excellent reading also.
A lovely poem! Particularly the prayer at the end. Which really resonates. Like all the best poets and writers Dana makes it look so easy.
It’s always a good sign when one can open a collection like Gioia’s 99 Poems and randomly land on wonders like “Prophecy.”
I would without hesitation call Gioia’s 99 Poems the best poetry collection by a living poet.
It’s hard to overestimate the worth of such timeless work in our age.
I totally endorse those comments, David. They are undoubtedly well-deserved.
I agree, John.
This is an excellent poem which not only engages beautifully with language and ideas, but also with those little mysteries and annunciations that so often lie, unseen and unheard, behind the incessant distractions of everyday life. An excellent reading also.