Poet Katie Ford's debut collection confronts God in a language as shifting and ecstatic as divine encounter
Deposition
Poems
- “Moving and mysterious, the poems in Ford’s first collection possess the veiled brilliance of stained glass windows seen at night.”—The New York Times Book Review
This comes out of folklore.
Invented because tenderness at times
must be written in. There was a woman.
There was a cross. But in fact
they have hung him too high
to be touched.
—from "A Woman Wipes the Face of Jesus"
Invented because tenderness at times
must be written in. There was a woman.
There was a cross. But in fact
they have hung him too high
to be touched.
—from "A Woman Wipes the Face of Jesus"
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About the Author
Credit: Helge Brekke
Praise
- “A promising first collection.”—Library Journal
- "Ford's treatment of her theme is one of the best in poetry since Jean Cocteau's 'The Crucifixion.'"—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- "Potent and powerful verse."—The Midwest Book Review
