Life Is Simpler Toward Evening is an inspirational, thought-provoking poetry book with poems featuring such topics as the majesty of clouds, the loneliness of being apart from a loved one, and always, the glory of God.<br><br>Fr. Ralph Wright, who is a poet of great distinction, pens works that reflect his knowledge of and respect for the masters. His images are both beautiful and startling; his metaphors perceptive, his use of rhyme natural.<br><br>His expertise lies in the unity of word and idea that is the essence of poetry. Life is Simpler Toward Evening is one of Fr. Ralph's eight books of verse. The poetry of Life is Simpler Toward Evening is never obscure but nevertheless demands that we return, again and again, to delight in and savor both words and subtle meanings.<br><br>Life Is Simpler Toward Evening offers a soothing escape from the pressures and turmoil of every day life.
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Father Ralph Wright. Life Is Simpler Toward Evening
PEOPLE WHISPER GOD TO ME
WOMAN
SWALLOW
I AM A SHELL
A MEDITATION ON THE NEED FOR DARKNESS
LUST
BECOMING MAN
NAILS
WHEN GOD MADE YOU
EYELIGHT
BIRTHDAY UTTERANCE
PASCHALE
CHRISTINA
ALTHOUGH DUST
REDWOODS SOAR
HAIKU
FOR HUGH
CHILDHOOD
I WILL WRITE OF MOMENTS
HE TOLD THE TIME IN LIGHT YEARS
TIME
OCCURRENCE
THE FEEL OF THE RAIN
WESTON LODGE
WHEN I WRITE
A POEM FOR JUDY
NIGHT CROSSING
WHEN MONIKA SMILES
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
THE FATHER UTTERS
INCARNATION
MIDNIGHT ROBBERY
FRIEND
UNLESS A GRAIN
PASSION
AS YOU PASSED BY ME
FOOL
SWAN
FALL BEAUTY
IF DEATH
ROSE
TWO TREES
PENTECOST
TRUNCATE
PAIN
LEAF FALL
APART
DISTANCE GIVES THE MEN OF WAR THEIR HOLD
UNFULFILLED
WE SPIT
BUTTERFLY
WARSHOCK
GREY STONE IS MUSIC TO MY SILENCE
CRY AGONY
MIST TOO CAN BE MEMORABLE
IT’S SNOWING SILENCE OUT OF NOWHERE NOW
PEOPLE TELL ME
FEBRUARY DAWN
TWO FOOLS
DISTILLED IN THE SLOW DARKNESS
MESSIAH
BEING OLDER
THE EVE OF FALLING
CLOUDS
LIFE IS SIMPLER TOWARDS EVENING
FAILED SPECIES ?
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People whisper God to me
far more than mountains
.....
there in the lamplit stable then not now —
leave room for the darkness, darling, leave me room
