num_pages: 103
description: This book of poems from David Helwig is very different from any of its predecessors. In the title poem, verses from the Christian gospels, chosen each day at random, provide the occasion for that day's poem, which occurs at the intersection of history, chance, and personal experience. The book also contains personal narratives, poems that grow out of the history of black-and-white photography and a translation from the Russian of Anna Akhmatova's Requiem for the women whose men were victims of the Stalinist terror.
language: English
title: A Random Gospel
titlecomplete: A Random Gospel
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Oberon Press