There Was No Path, So I Trod One.: Poems

by Edwina Gateley

New Revised Edition 2013 "What you do is, you tuck this little book under your arm and go find a quiet place and open these pages and let Edwina take you into her sacred spaces. These pages are filled with Adirondack chairs, deep forests, scurrying creatures, seeds bearing fruit, not so much from our talents but from the dark space in us where God takes root (a lot about the dark) and silence and waiting, and, of course, Edwina's trademark, the dance, quickened in us over and over by a "warm, moist, salty God." Edwina makes me glad to be a woman. I love her and everything she stands for and strives for. She's a little crazy, (like me). She makes me laugh. Her spirit is in these pages. Give your thirst soul a treat." (Review by Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking).

119 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1996

Reviews

[Faith · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I've mentioned before, I had the honor of hearing Edwina Gateley speak about two years ago. I bought two of her books that night, gifted some others, and then swapped with a friend to read the volume she'd purchased (actually, this was Edwina's own copy, but as they weren't selling any of those that night, she let Susie buy it off of her when Susie fell in love with a poem she read from it).

I've been feeling like I should get this book back into my friend's hands, so I did away with the leisurely pace and became more intentional about picking it up. I have little post-it notes attached all throughout the book with poems I wanted to copy down, so really, I just need to buy my own copy to have for myself (or here's a ready-made gift idea, if someone's looking to get me something).