R. S. Thomas: Kneeling

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Kneeling

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by R. S. Thomas
(1913 - 2000) Timeline

Original Language
English

Christian

20th Century

Moments of great calm,
Kneeling before an altar
Of wood in a stone church
In summer, waiting for the God
To speak; the air a staircase
For silence; the sun's light
Ringing me, as though I acted
A great role. And the audiences
Still; all that close throng
Of spirits waiting, as I,
For the message.
Prompt me, God;
But not yet. When I speak,
Though it be you who speak
Through me, something is lost.
The meaning is in the waiting.

Themes

Light

Silence

Sound

Recommended Books

	Collected Later Poems, 1988-2000, by R. S. Thomas
	For Lovers of God Everywhere: Poems of the Christian Mystics, by Roger Housden
	The Man Who Went into the West: The Life of R. S. Thomas, by Byron Rogers
	R. S. Thomas (Everyman Poetry), by R. S. Thomas
	R. S. Thomas: Collected Poems 1945-1990, by R. S. Thomas

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