Synopsis:
In this meditation on the poetry of Thomas Merton, fellow poet Frederick Smock considers how Merton's poetry - perhaps the least-known of his writings - was nevertheless an integral component of his work for peace. But as the term meditation suggests, Smock's examination of the poetry serves as a point of entry into a far broader inquiry, not only into Merton's life and work, but into the necessary engagement of other poets in the work for peace, and into Smock's own development as an artist and a man confronting the world.
About the Author:
Frederick Smock is the poet-in-residence at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, where he received the 2005 Wyatt Faculty Award. He has published seven books, three of them poetry with Larkspur Press, most recently Guest House. His book of essays, Poetry & Compassion: Essays on Art & Craft, was published in the fall of 2006. He is the recipient of the Henry Leadingham Poetry Prize, the Jim Wayne Miller Prize for Poetry, and an Al Smith Fellowship in Poetry from the Kentucky Arts Council. His poems have appeared in Poetry, The Iowa Review, and others. Mr. Smock lives in Louisville with this wife, the writer and actress Olga-Maria Cruz.
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