Seven Whole Days

Ayodeji Malcolm Guite, Faye Hall

• Publisher: Castle Quay Books
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781927355985
• Topic: Arte
• Subtopic: Arte religiosa

Malcolm Guite is a well-known and respected English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest, and academic, widely acknowledged for his writings on the intersection of religion and the arts. His poetry was once characterized as "modern-day metaphysical poems and psalms." He has written 5 books of poetry, of which Seven Whole Days may be one of his finest.Artist Faye Hall has taken Guite's poetic sequence in Seven Whole Days and turned it into a splendid visual celebration of God's good Creation. In this sequence of seven poems, each celebrates a day of creation, concluding with the Sabbath day of rest. Hall has visually reimagined each line in a series of beautiful meditations displaying how God's glory shines out in all the world. The book is splendidly illustrated and an excellent resource for personal meditation and enrichment.

Day 1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

GENESIS 1:1–5

Let there be light as I begin this day

To draw me from the darkness and the night,

To bless my flesh, to clear and show my way.

Let there be light.

Strong in the depth and shining from the height,

Evening and morning’s interplay,

Blessing and enabling my sight.

Lighten my soul and teach me how to pray,

Lighten my mind and teach me wrong from right,

In...