Too much can be lost when books and music have a limited audience and then go out of print. You might happen upon them in a thrift store or Ebay or even on Amazon, but there’s a reason they are no longer in print; they would be unprofitable. Out of print and unprofitable don’t mean without value, however.
I ordered this out of print book of poetry for a single poem and found others that touched me. Here are two of them.
You! Jonah!: Thomas John Carlisle: Books
ASIN: B001CJQS5Y
by Thomas John Carlisle, published in 1968, a collection of poems about Jonah.
NEGOTIATION WITH A HIGHER POWER
I will demonstrate
my immediate
obedience
providing You comply
with my demand
for a more satisfying
assignment.
COMING AND GOING
The word came
And he went
In the other direction.
God said: Cry
tears of compassion
tears of repentance;
cry against
the reek of unrighteousness;
cry for
the right turn
the contrite spirit.
And Jonah rose
And fled
In tearless
silence.
Absolute truth in your description. There are many valuable things "lost" because Mr. Money do not recognize their worth!
ReplyDeleteI love Carlisle and I enjoy these poems, only there is a something that echo back from my inner mind: isn't the poet addressing the wrong "Power".
I mean, all this asking seems coming from Man itself! a kind of Pharisaic model superimposed to the deity?
Just a nagging, worthless thought, of course!
You have a wonderful and absolutely useful blog.
Thank you!
Thank you for your comment. The poetry book by Thomas John Carlisle is a reflection of the biblical story from the Book Of Jonah in the Bible. Here is the Wikipedia entry for Carlisle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_John_Carlisle
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