Psalia.Poetry & wisdom / About this book
Poetic voices describe desire, beauty, absence and delight in another person. Images of gardens, seasons and searching carry the conversation. Listen to the alternating speakers and the repeated attention to love’s timing rather than forcing the poems into a simple plot.
EDITORIAL REFLECTION · NOT SCRIPTURE
Listen to the form as well as the words. A poem can return to an image, a proverb can sharpen a contrast, and a sustained conversation can give different voices room to speak. Read a complete unit before deciding which line carries its meaning.
Pay attention to what a passage can and cannot claim. A short saying about a pattern in life is not the same as a guarantee about every outcome. A prayer spoken from distress does not need to sound like a prayer spoken in celebration.
Use the outline to see the larger movement before settling into a chapter. Each section opens at its first chapter in the reader.
1The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
4Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
5I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.
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How do the voices express both longing for closeness and respect for love’s timing?
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