False Prophet
Published on 25. March 2009
80 pages
978-0-307-52338-9 (ISBN)
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Stan Rice, who died in December 2002, was a poet of unique, uncompromising vision. Joy and brutality, faith and faithlessness, the beauty of truth and, at times, of untrut--these opposing forces come together one last time in his final book of poetry, a haunting collection of psalms.
Beginning with his "Psalm 151"--that is, taking up where the Bible leaves off--Rice calls us to his own kind of prayer and contemplation. "Lord, hear me out," he begins. "At the point of our need / The storehouse shares its shambles." An elegant, passionate, tragic lament for our condition, Rice's homemade psalms exhort us indirectly to accept our fate--the world as it is. In the brave, unshrinking manner that has characterized his whole career, Rice has written a profound farewell.
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Stan Rice (1942 - 2002) was the author of seven previous collections of poetry. For many years he was a professor at San Francisco State University. He received the Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Academy of American Poets, among other awards. Rice, who was also a painter, was a longtime resident of New Orleans, where he lived with his wife, the novelist Anne Rice, and their son, the novelist Christopher Rice.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books By This Author
- Title Page
- Chapter 1 - Psalm 151
- Chapter 2 - Psalm 152
- Chapter 3 - Psalm 153
- Chapter 4 - Psalm 154
- Chapter 5 - Psalm 155
- Chapter 6 - Psalm 156
- Chapter 7 - Psalm 157
- Chapter 8 - Psalm 158
- Chapter 9 - Psalm 159
- Chapter 10 - Psalm 160
- Chapter 11 - Psalm 161
- Chapter 12 - Psalm 162
- Chapter 13 - Psalm 163
- Chapter 14 - Psalm 164
- Chapter 15 - Psalm 165
- Chapter 16 - Psalm 166
- Chapter 17 - Psalm 167
- Chapter 18 - Psalm 168
- Chapter 19 - Psalm 169
- Chapter 20 - Psalm 170
- Chapter 21 - Psalm 171
- Chapter 22 - Psalm 172
- Chapter 23 - Psalm 173
- Chapter 24 - Psalm 174
- Chapter 25 - Psalm 175
- Chapter 26 - Psalm 176
- Chapter 27 - Psalm 177
- Chapter 28 - Psalm 178
- Chapter 29 - Psalm 179
- Chapter 30 - Psalm 180
- Chapter 31 - Psalm 181
- Chapter 32 - Psalm 182
- Chapter 33 - Psalm 183
- Chapter 34 - Psalm 184
- Chapter 35 - Psalm 185
- Chapter 36 - Psalm 186
- Chapter 37 - Psalm 187
- Chapter 38 - Psalm 188
- Chapter 39 - Psalm 189
- Chapter 40 - Psalm 190
- Chapter 41 - Psalm 191
- Chapter 42 - Psalm 192
- Chapter 43 - Psalm 193
- Chapter 44 - Psalm 194
- Chapter 45 - Psalm 195
- Chapter 46 - Psalm 196
- Chapter 47 - Psalm 197
- Chapter 48 - Psalm 198
- Chapter 49 - Psalm 199
- Chapter 50 - Psalm 200
- Chapter 51 - Psalm 201
- Chapter 52 - Psalm 202
- Chapter 53 - Psalm 203
- Chapter 54 - Psalm 204
- Chapter 55 - Psalm 205
- Chapter 56 - Psalm 206
- Chapter 57 - Psalm 207
- Chapter 58 - Psalm 208
- Chapter 59 - Psalm 209
- Chapter 60 - Psalm 210
- Chapter 61 - Psalm 211
- Chapter 62 - Psalm 212
- About The Author
- Copyright
