Waiting on the Word: A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany

by Malcolm Guite

Advent is a season of waiting and anticipation in which the waiting itself is strangely rich and fulfilling. Poetry can help us fathom the depths of Advent's many paradoxes: dark and light, emptiness and fulfilment, ancient and ever new. For every day from Advent Sunday to Christmas Day and beyond, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786225506
• ISBN13: 9781786225504
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"