Sermon on a Perfect Spring Day

by Philip Bryant

Poetry. African American Studies. To be instructed by exhortation in scripture from a pulpit is a return to fundamentals; Bryant loves to riff in short exhortations, treatises, assays on the controversial, on the impolitic... Bryant is at heart a teacher; he believes in daylight, so you can see the night-Michael Harper. In Philip Bryant's latest collection of poems, crystal-clear recollections crack with tangible Frost/ is on the grass, but the snow is completely gone. The sky/ is clear and deep blue; I don't know spring is coming/ because I am too young to know what season it is (Eleven Short Scenes from My Life). Philip Bryant is an Associate Professor of English at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota.

Genres: Poetry

95 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

Born and reared on Chicagos South Side, Philip S. Bryant is the author of several collections of poetry, including Sermon on a Perfect Spring Day, which was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award in 1999. Most recently, his work appeared in Where One Voice Ends, Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry. He has also been published in The Iowa Review, The Indiana Review, The American Poetry Review, and Nimrod. Phil was a fellow of the Minnesota Arts Board in 1992 and 1998, and has served on the governing board of The Loft, the premier literary and arts center in the Twin Cities. Bryant is a Professor of English at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota.