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Review of A Little Book of Hours by Peggy Hughes, Scotland on Sunday

2 November 2008
A Little Book of Hours

John F Deane

Starting with John Donne's No man Is An Island and St Paul's letter to the Corinthians, Deane sets out to create 'space for the study of the metaphysics of humanness'. Wearing its faith and intellect earnestly, A Little Book Of Hours conveys impassioned expression in a mellifluous voice, creating a fusion of spirituality and mundanity. By rounding up a Noah's Ark of all things bright and beautiful, and many things bleak and wan, Deane's poetry has the integrity and musicality to let it speak to us as we wish it to.


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