Unfurling: Poems by Ian Adams

By Ian Adams

Ian Adams is one of the most original voices in contemporary Christian spirituality. His poems are short, arresting, richly textured and deceptively simple. The title of this collection, Unfurling, is indicative of what Ian’s poetry is about: seeing the world as it truly is, recovering our sense of who we are, and the revelation of the divine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Canterbury Press
• Release date: Jul 31, 2014
• ISBN: 9781848256477

Ian Adams

IAN ADAMS is an Anglican priest, an Associate Minister with Fresh Expressions, a missioner with the Church Mission Society and founder of mayBe, a new monastic community in Oxford. A popular Greenbelt speaker, he is the creator of Morning Bell, a daily call to prayer sent by e-mail, text and twitter. He lives in South Devon.

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© Ian Adams 2014

First published in 2014 by the Canterbury Press Norwich

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For Gail

CONTENTS

PREFACE

RUN BAREFOOT

AND IN WE DOVE

ANGEL TREE

UNFURLINGS I

UNFURLINGS II

UNFURLINGS III

UNFURLINGS IV

UNFURLINGS V

UNFURLINGS VI

UNFURLINGS VII

RESILIENT BETWEEN THE STONES

EASTBOUND 27 JANUARY (HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY)

HAIKU BEATITUDES: 10 SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

WAN DOWN DARK-CIRCLED

ABSOLUTION

SONG OF SONGS 1/8

THE GREAT MOUNTAIN

EMBERS OF LONG BURNED OUT STARS

SO LET IT BE TO ME

FIERCE PLAINCHANT

RUST IS BEAUTIFUL

ABBA JOSEPH IN THE DESERT

NINE