Art from my bookshelf
By Jenna Smith | ChristianWeek Columnist
Poiema
D.S. Martin
Wipf and Stock
D.S.Martin (ChristianWeek’s music columnist) launched his first full book of poetry in December 2008, titled Poeima (Greek for poem). It is lovely.
Martin won an Award of Merit at The Word Guild’s awards gala last spring for his chapbook So the Moon Would Not Be Swallowed. His poetry has been published in several journals including Canadian Literature, Books & Culture and The Christian Century. He has been receiving his fair share of well-deserved accolades.
His work is peacefully embedded with imagery, his words and metaphors cleverly woven together–subtle and never forced. There are the slightest hints of the stories of the Old and New Testaments which nod to the biblically literate, yet don’t leave behind those who are not. I won’t say anything more; just buy the book.
Jenna Smith is completing a joint Masters degree in the faculties of music and theology at the Université de Montréal. She lives in Montreal where she directs Innovation-Jeunes, an arts and nutrition centre for teens.
