John R. Adcox, Eternal Moment on a Calm Palm Sunday Morning
About The Book
Eternal Moment on a Calm Palm Sunday Morning, by John R. Adcox, tells the story, in blank verse, of a mystery, of a wanderer through time who seeks answers to troubling questions.
The poem’s story begins in the nave of an Episcopal church on a calm Palm Sunday morning, where the Passion of Christ, as presented in the Gospel of St. Matthew, is dramatized in the liturgy, with clergy and congregants participating. As the speaker of the poem listens, he finds himself carried—in visions, dreams, and imagination—into the past, caught up in moments of this crucial week as they unfold.
About The Author
I was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1956, and the small suburb of Allen Park was my storied kingdom for almost the first decade of my life. I am named after my grandfathers, two men I never knew—one died the year prior to my birth; the other died five months after my arrival in this world. I carry their names with me each day, but I know little about them, and the emptiness caused by their passing has weighed on my heart and mind through the years. My grandfather who died the year before my birth spoke to me, once, in a dream. I look forward to meeting my grandfathers face to face one day, and to hear their stories in their own voices.