Red as a Lotus: Letters to a Dead Trappist

By Lisa Gill

Originally given an old copy of Thomas Merton's "Seeds of Contemplation" by a friend's mother, Lisa Gill began a series of fourteen-line poems which meticulously transcribe her own spiritual... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888809337
• ISBN13: 9781888809336
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: La Alameda Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

An invitation to soul searching, well rewarded.

I am usually skeptical about collections of poems on a single theme, but Gill's varied perspective and voice have given us something fresh on evey page. Her incisive wit and profound psychological insight are presented with such sublety, power, and seemingly effortless precision, the reader is continually drawn forward into the next poem. Gill's ability to transform hypothetical ideals into tangible personal experience is nothing short of inspirational. This is what poetry should be - philosophical, psychological, and real. This is a work that can truly stand the test of time.