Lectio violant by Steve Ely Alex Josephy poems from Winnie-the-Pooh) and much

poems from Winnie-the-Pooh) and much that is startling – old and new

and what they can give us today

Staying Human also draws on poems suggested by readers because they’ve been so important in their own lives

In these dark and final meditations and flashes of passion

death and resurrection of language itself

Lectio violant by Steve Ely Alex Josephy poems from Winnie-the-Pooh) and much"The poems in this book are improvisations arising from contemplative readings of four chapters of the 1611 edition of the King James BibleMatthew VI, Mark V, Luke XV and Luke X. Lectio Violantprofane readingis the name Ive coined to describe this process, alluding to Lectio Divinadivine readingthe long established Catholic practice of devotional reading, the purpose of which is to draw the reader closer to God by enabling a fuller experience of