Publisher's Synopsis
The best songwriters and the best poets-all in one book! Experience a wider perspective of artists through their popular works as well as other efforts, including personal notes, essays, critiques, and prose. Why do their words last? It is because they contain truth, beauty, and goodness: the attributes of God. It's because the reader can find Christ in their verse. Check if your favorites are here. Take notice if you discover something new about the artist. See if you are spiritually uplifted by the meaningful lyrics and heartfelt discussion that follows. This is my tribute to the great writers who have inspired me. Secular materialists cannot explain these works adequately; they lack the proper tools. Too many students today are taught skewed interpretations. These artists are spiritual men and women, and their artistry reflects the same. ** Kris Kristofferson * W.B. Yeats * Leonard Cohen * T.S. Eliot * Bob Dylan * Emily Dickinson * Joe Wise * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * Cesareo Gabarain * William Shakespeare * Tom T. Hall * E.A. Robinson * Charles Aznavour * Gerard Manley Hopkins * Katharine Lee Bates * Mary Loveridge Robbins * Marijohn Wilkin * +more ** Great lyrics inspire me, and Cleveland hosts awesome talents. In the late sixties Kris Kristofferson appeared on a high school stage in Berea. Leonard Cohen sang through the night in a dive on 25th Street. Robert Junior Lockwood beat the blues nightly in neighborhood bars. Borromeo Seminary revealed the spiritual meanings behind poems that were as beautiful as our Emerald Necklace. I've carried these blessings with me into old age, shared these experiences with good friends, and hoped to capture these moments in this collection of songs and poems that affected me.
