I Made for You a New Machine and All It Does Is Hope

by Richard Lucyshyn

Poetry. Spirituality. "I Made for You a New Machine and All It Does Is Hope concerns itself with the language of prayer and the action of prayer. Many of the poems, the [psalms] in particular, are the product of my holding some word or phrase or sound in mind and mouth until it somehow exhales and reveals what word or phrase or sound it leads to. It's something more or less or not at all like dusting off some map that has always been exactly as it needed to be, that has never not existed."—Richard Lucyshyn

130 pages, ebook

First published January 20, 2019

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hell, I made it, I can give it however many stars I want.

I rate this book 17 stars and 4 meteorites.

[Rod · Rating 5 out of 5]

There may not be words to describe the wonder of this work. It is so brave and unafraid that it persuades you to go with it. This is biblical verse for a godforsaken world, that invents a language to help us navigate the uncharted territory in which we now find ourselves. You could not read these poems and psalms and emerge unscathed or unchanged, nor should you. Prepare to be damaged and shaken, and for your own good. This book is a miracle in a time of general despair and disappointment. Adopt hope all who enter here.