Henri Nouwen, Now & Then Podcast | Malcolm Guite, "Lifting the Veil"
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The Double Vocation of a Priest and Poet
Archbishop of Canterbury Malcolm Geet knows exactly how to use the sonnet form to powerful effect these pieces have the economy and pungency of all good sonnets. They offer deep resources for prayer and meditation in his own words brevity clarity concentration and a capacity for paradox are typical of the best sonnet sequences. I think poetry should be should be a sensual experience as well as you know poetic or spiritual and I think you should taste poetry on the tongue so so delicious and do very well very good, he says.
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