In plain-speak reminiscent of William Stafford or Jim Harrison, John Blase traverses a landscape both strangely familiar and yet utterly new: the "simple meadow of the heart." In The Jubilee, the poet\'s vision is rooted firmly in ordinary life: cashmere and cleavage, a jar of olives, the "mobile home" of our flesh.
Joy Roulier Sawyer, author of Tongues.
His gentle, winsome poems, laced liberally with a lifetime of scripture, offer his readers a refreshing glimpse into all things God-and good.
In plain-speak reminiscent of William Stafford or Jim Harrison, John Blase traverses a landscape both strangely familiar and yet utterly new: the "simple meadow of the heart." In The Jubilee, the poet\'s vision is rooted firmly in ordinary life: cashmere and cleavage, a jar of olives, the "mobile home" of our flesh