Of Love and Angels: Poems for My Fiancée

By Christian Alexander Barkman

Of Love and Angels: Poems for My Fiancee is a love-gift made by the author to celebrate his engagement. It is a collection of thirty love poems that melds romantic, earthly love with the love of God and the divine. The poetry attests to the sacredness of romantic love as a spiritual venture in our increasingly disenchanted world. The use of verse forms such as the heroic couplet and ballad and the application of traditional methods of rhyme and meter is a deliberate attempt to reconnect with the musicality of past poetics--to the lyric traditions of poetry and hymn in which Christianity is so abundantly rich. Free-verse compositions also feature throughout the collection and present an opportunity for contemplation on how both old and new forms alike can express romantic and spiritual sentiment in a way that resonates powerfully with our contemporary ways of life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666768987
• ISBN13: 9781666768985
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"