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Whether you love poetry or haven't read it since school, The Splash of Words will help you rediscover poetry’s power to startle, challenge and reframe your vision. Like throwing a pebble into water, a poem causes a ‘splash of words’ whose ripples can transform the way we see the world, ourselves and God. Through thirty selected poems, from the fourteenth century to the present day, Mark Oakley explores poetry’s power to stir our settled ways of viewing the world and faith, shift our perceptions and even transform who we are.

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'This beautiful and wise meditation centred around Mark Oakley’s anthology of the ‘soul language’ of poetry opens new windows in the shared house of both poetry and belief.' -- Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate
‘A very moving book, opening all kinds of doors into a more compassionate, more truthful understanding.’ -- Rowan Williams
'A wonderful exposition of the relationship between faith, poetry and struggle.' -- Shami Chakrabarti, The Guardian

The Splash of Words: Believing in poetry

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      Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/08/2016
      ISBN13: 9781848254688, 978-1848254688
      ISBN10: 1848254687
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      Book Synopsis
      Whether you love poetry or haven't read it since school, The Splash of Words will help you rediscover poetry’s power to startle, challenge and reframe your vision. Like throwing a pebble into water, a poem causes a ‘splash of words’ whose ripples can transform the way we see the world, ourselves and God. Through thirty selected poems, from the fourteenth century to the present day, Mark Oakley explores poetry’s power to stir our settled ways of viewing the world and faith, shift our perceptions and even transform who we are.

      Trade Review
      'This beautiful and wise meditation centred around Mark Oakley’s anthology of the ‘soul language’ of poetry opens new windows in the shared house of both poetry and belief.' -- Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate
      ‘A very moving book, opening all kinds of doors into a more compassionate, more truthful understanding.’ -- Rowan Williams
      'A wonderful exposition of the relationship between faith, poetry and struggle.' -- Shami Chakrabarti, The Guardian

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