In these 52 poems, Herbert Lomas dramatizes and defines the contemporary response to the uncertainties and inspirations of religion. About his earlier volumes, critics wrote: "Lomas's varieties put the dilemmas of the contemporary poet on show."--Encounter. "The most exciting moments in Lomas's poetry occur when his insistent stress gives way to images of infinite suggestion."--London Magazine Herbert Lomas is a poet and reviewer living in England. This is his sixth collection of poems. His work appears regularly in the Hudson Review.