Francis and Clare in Poetry : An Anthology

by McCann, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780867166354
• ISBN10: 0867166355
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Franciscan Media

Summary

Francis and Clare in Poetry: An Anthology is a comprehensive collection of poems written by and about Saints Francis and Clare. The poetry in this anthology is as timeless and memorable as the masters who wrote them. Includes works by: MURRAY BODO SEAMUS HEANEY GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THOMAS MERTON ALFRED LORD TENNYSON WILLIAM WORDSWORTH And more!

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Frodo as Friar: The Sacramental Imagination	p. xiii
A Note on Francis and Clare	p. xv
Directions for Pilgrims	p. 1
from Inferno, Canto XVI	p. 2
from Paradiso, Canto XI
The Annunciation of Francis	p. 7
How Clare, converted from the world by Francis' influence, entered the religious life (A.D. 1212)	p. 8
The Rooms of St. Clare	p. 9
The Letters of Clare to Agnes of Prague
St. Clare Dies at Her Mirror
St. Clare-Summer Night, Scattered Clouds
St. Francis of Assisi	p. 15
A Sarcophagus and the Sinners	p. 15
Giotto's "St. Francis Preaching to the Birds"	p. 17
The Leper's Return	p. 18
Francis Meets a Leper	p. 19
The Twenty-One Franciscan Martyrs: New Mexico, 10 August 1680	p. 20
Why I Could Never Be a Buddhist	p. 23
Assisi	p. 25
On the Day Francis Died	p. 26
from "The Legend of the Three Companions of Saint Francis"	p. 27
Francis (From Kazantzakis)	p. 33
Niagara Falls	p. 34
Saint Francis and the Seven	p. 38
Visions of the Cross
On Saint Francis and the Enemy's Battles against Him
The Poor Ladies of San Damiano	p. 45
Francis of Assisi 1182: 1982
Francis, the Saint	p. 48
Manic Monster	p. 49
The Prince
Under Water
Saint Clare	p. 52
Transubstantiation	p. 56
At the Exhumed Body of Santa Chiara, Assisi	p. 58
Saint Francis and the Birds	p. 59
The Miracle of the Nails	p. 60
Solvite Templum Hoc	p. 61
Sora Verma
II Leo, Brother Little Lamb of God, to Lady Chastity	p. 62
Duns Scotus's Oxford	p. 65
Fire and St. Francis	p. 65
The Lady Clara Sees Saint Francis Naked	p. 67
Testimony of a Roasted Chicken	p. 74
Saint Francis in the City	p. 74
Naked	p. 76
Saint Francis and the Sow	p. 77
Aunt Til	p. 78
After a Dream of Clare and Francis of Assisi	p. 79
Transport	p. 81
Brother Ivy	p. 82
The Little Birds of St. Francis	p. 83
Saint Francis of San Francisco	p. 85
Assisi and Back	p. 86
Saint Francis: Style & Faith	p. 88
Clare of Assisi	p. 90
Black Truffles	p. 91
The Wolf of Gubbio	p. 92
Assisi	p. 94
Sonnet from Assisi	p. 95
On a Day in August	p. 95
Song to Saint Francis	p. 97
In Umbria	p. 99
A Separate Weave	p. 102
The Life of a Saint	p. 103
St. Francis	p. 107
A Letter to William Carlos Williams	p. 108
Traveling Light	p. 112
Our Lord Christ: of order	p. 113
Candlemas Dawn Question: Is There Poetry Past Forty	p. 114
Negligible	p. 115
Careless Flying
Saint Francis in North Zulch at 1 A.M.	p. 117
Francesco and Clare	p. 119
A Canticle to Carry Away	p. 120
St. Francis in Ecstasy (Bellini)	p. 126
from "Locksley Hall, 60 Years After"	p. 126
After-Strain (from "Ode to the Setting Sun")	p. 126
Franciscus Christificatus
Steward	p. 129
To Saint Francis	p. 130
The Lady Poverty	p. 131
River	p. 132
St. Francis Einstein of the Daffodils	p. 132
Benediction	p. 134
St. Francis and the Leper
Contribution in Assisi	p. 135
from "The Cuckoo at Lavernia"	p. 137
Umbrian Dreams	p. 139
The Fourth Letter to Blessed Agnes of Prague	p. 140
The Canticle of the Creatures	p. 142
Notes on Contributors	p. 145
Acknowledgments	p. 159
Indexes	p. 165
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