Book Description

This book is a collection of forty poems- forty being a biblical number. A quote from scripture introduces each poem from which the work gets its inspiration. Biblical imagery is used throughout.

Selected Poems and Themes

In The Trellis a grandmother and a granddaughter share the faith ("blood-related not once but twice...thanks be to a sacrifice.").

Jesus is the Living Water in a poem about a Roman aqueduct ("Je Crois, I Believe").

The friendship between a knight and his squire is a "smooth gold coin" in the poem, "Thoughts on Cervantes' Don Quijote de la Mancha."

While the themes are varied, they all point to Jesus Christ and the Gospel.