Forgiveness by Christopher Soto - Poem for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A
The Englewood Review of Books curates a weekly series of classic and contemporary poems that resonate with the themes of the lectionary readings. Here is one of the poems for this coming Sunday (More poems for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A can be found here)
This poem was selected to accompany one of the
lectionary readings for the coming week, Genesis 45:1-15 and Psalm 133
Forgiveness
Christopher Soto
SNIPPET:
I think it’s time
For us to abandon
Our cruelties
…
Christopher Soto (aka Loma) is a poet and activist, and is the son of El Salvadoran immigrants. He grew up in Los Angeles and earned an MFA at New York University. He is the author of Sad Girl Poems (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2016) and the chapbook How to Eat Glass (Still Life Press, 2012). Christopher Soto’s works can be found at the Nation, the Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, Poetry magazine, American Poetry Review, Tin House, and elsewhere. (via Poetry Foundation)