Puzzling lines

Christopher Idle  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Jan 2014
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Puzzling lines

KNOWING THROUGH POETIC REFLECTION
By
Brian E. Wakeman
Pen Press, Brighton. 280 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978 1 780 036 175

In this thoughtful but puzzling book, a Baptist teacher and grandfather explores and commends the cause of poetry.

His nine chapters include practical hints on poetry and painting, examples of wisdom and ‘prophecy’, and ‘Developing the Use of Poetry in the Church’ — the highly useful chapter 8.

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