A Row Of Lamps Poems (The Philippine Writers Series 2023)

In A Row of Lamps, Jaime Dasca Doble boldly presents a resurgence of the lyric in spaces marked by intimacy and distance, confession and polemics, insisting that there remains deeper unrest in our society. At times when nature turns into a tormentor rather than a sanctuary, the crying soul navigates with foreknowledge and faith, and it pleads for justice along with the inexpressible longings of the injured and underserved. The entire collection points to a row of lamps. When one’s eyes are intent to finding the truth, poetry becomes prayer: it meditates on the God of small and great things, standing before all things sacred as an honored ambassador. Likewise, when one’s mind and heart are fixed with a deep desire to find the secret meaning of things, prayer becomes poetry: it raises the human spirit with utmost tenderness in the midst of a world in chaos. This collection of poems seeks to understand our shared humanity in troubled times. It encourages us to find enlightenment and behol