Being and metaphor …

Poetry as Theology: Reflections on Ephrem the Syrian and Richard Wilbur  (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

It is in seeing poems like “Hamlen Brook” as events and things in their own right that we may also discern their theological and theophanic potentials. This is key to an understanding of ‘sacred’ art or poetry in general: our creative works may be considered sacred, not simply for what they say, but for how they say it: indeed for what they are as instantiations of a transfigured world.6