“Blessed are the poor in spirit.” This beatitude has always puzzled me: what, I’ve wondered, does it mean to be “poor in spirit”? So I was drawn to Fleda Brown’s poem “Poverty of Spirit,” hoping it would elucidate the concept. What I found was a fascinating narrative: of the speaker letting a wagonload of gypsies [Read More...]
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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/goodletters/2016/10/poetry-friday-poverty-of-spirit-by-fleda-brown/
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