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    Apocrypha
    Apocrypha
    Apocrypha
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    Apocrypha

    By David Southward

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    This debut collection of sonnets explores the cryptic personality of Jesus of Nazareth. Reimagining pivotal moments in his life story from unlikely perspectives--including those of Joseph, Mary Magdalene, Lazarus, a Pharisee, and even Satan--the poems invite deeper engagement with the Gospel narrative. Jesus emerges from this mosaic-like treatment as a conscientious friend, steely reformer, and inspired poet--as well as an ordinary, troubled man. With lyrical nuance and intensity, Apocrypha brings to life the shadowy past of an iconic figure. Its humane vision speaks equally to believers and atheists, to theologians and lay readers, to students of history and lovers of poetry.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateJul 2, 2018
    ISBN9781532652585
    Apocrypha
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    David Southward

    David Southward teaches in the Honors College at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His award-winning poems have appeared in Light, Measure, The New Verse News, The Other Journal, Verse-Virtual, and elsewhere. To read more of his work visit davidsouthward.com.

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      Apocrypha - David Southward

      Annunciation

      Crying herself to sleep, Mary dreamed

      a man came calling with an angel’s face.

      He told her she was brimming with the grace

      by which a world of sin could be redeemed.

      So inconceivable did her fortune seem,

      she questioned if the stranger’s words were true.

      He whispered soothingly, The Lord is with you.

      She woke—and her imagination teemed

      with confidence, now she’d been shown the way

      to fend off any charge of indecorum.

      She raced to Joseph’s workshop, to relay

      the destiny their Lord had chosen for him.

      There’d be no need for guile or dropping clues;

      she knew exactly how to break her

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