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Darryl Friesen
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It is CRAZY that C. S. Lewis, the great Christian apologist, could have written something so outrageously blasphemous as the Sonnet from the summer of 1916! It gives me such comfort and hope that NOBODY is beyond the redemption and forgiveness of God—a wonderful thought on this first day of Advent 2025!
— Nov 30, 2025 10:29AM
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Darryl Friesen
is on page 127 of 485
Finished Part II of this collection, up to the end of 1919, which is mostly made up of poems from WWI, including the published collection, “Spirits in Bondage”. Unrelentingly dark and despairing, with only moments and glimmers of brilliance and hope scattered throughout. But beautiful, beautiful writing.
— Dec 23, 2025 08:07AM
Darryl Friesen
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“The Ass” (pub. 1919) is wonderful!
“Atoms dead could never thus
Stir the human heart of us
Unless the beauty that we see
The veil of endless beauty be,
Filled full of spirits that have trod
Far hence along the heavenly sod
And seen the bright footprints of God.”
~from “Song” (May 1918)
— Dec 19, 2025 06:59AM
“Atoms dead could never thus
Stir the human heart of us
Unless the beauty that we see
The veil of endless beauty be,
Filled full of spirits that have trod
Far hence along the heavenly sod
And seen the bright footprints of God.”
~from “Song” (May 1918)
