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No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 3545188 1 3587207 1 9 2008 A Metaphorical God: Poems total:18|5:15|4:3|3:0|2:0|1:0| 18 87 28 6 205644 4.66 32 8 51781648 1432036 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 0 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 06 23:43:14 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 23:45:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 33901980 355741 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 1 false Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 11:02:44 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 11:05:23 -0700 2008 1
Last week, I actually attended a reading where Kim Johnson read from this collection. Delightful.]]> 25405006 147710 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 1 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 07:27:56 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 22:05:11 -0700 2008 53786837 1110931 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 20:10:21 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 11 22:00:31 -0800 2009 really like how fine-tuned (and astute) Ms. Johnson's ear is. I really like the particular attention she pays to form (both visual and poetic). But while many of these poems did catch me up in their deftly executed verbal acrobatics, some of the subject matter prevented me from being entirely swep...more...]]> 30967164 1254714 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 4 1 false Sat Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 00:33:29 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 04:28:56 -0700 2008 A Metaphorical God, is one of those rare collections you pick up by a new poet that leaves you, upon finishing, thoroughly excited about the possibilities of contemporary poetry. Johnson is a metaphysical poet, a fact clearly signaled by the poem titles (Odes...more...]]> 25553326 3579 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 0 0 false Thu Jun 26 09:46:24 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 10:56:55 -0700 2008 78578020 2494925 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 0 0 false Sat Nov 21 17:25:17 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 17:25:23 -0800 2009 76470058 595835 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 0 0 false Mon Nov 02 07:41:52 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 07:41:55 -0800 2009 76331907 2897367 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 4 0 false Sat Oct 31 17:49:03 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 17:49:03 -0700 2009 71826228 2756082 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 0 false Sat Sep 19 18:50:02 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 18:50:02 -0700 2009 69350811 2681957 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 0 false Sat Aug 29 12:51:53 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 12:51:53 -0700 2009 67740770 908659 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 0 0 false Mon Aug 17 09:23:33 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 09:23:33 -0700 2009 66340536 2599766 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 4 0 false Wed Aug 05 15:03:15 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 15:03:15 -0700 2009 63859802 2532836 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 0 false Fri Jul 17 09:24:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 09:24:53 -0700 2009 56906978 165670 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 0 false Sun Jun 14 07:34:22 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:17:30 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 07:34:22 -0700 2009 55778678 124121 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 0 0 false Tue May 12 05:41:34 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 05:41:34 -0700 2009 52802827 124429 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 0 false Wed Apr 15 13:14:36 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 13:14:36 -0700 2009 49093935 1633202 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 0 false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 17:58:31 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 09:15:29 -0700 2009 47821531 2082155 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 0 0 false Sat Feb 28 15:04:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 15:04:00 -0800 2009 43486115 926567 3545188 0892553421 9780892553426 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3545188.A_Metaphorical_God_Poems 4.83 18 "Dazzling....She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."—The Yale Review

No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.]]> 2008 5 0 false Sun Jan 18 13:22:03 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 13:22:03 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3545188