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Louder Prayers : Seventy-one poems - Peter Hague

Louder Prayers

Seventy-one poems

By: Peter Hague

Paperback | 9 March 2022

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To some extent Louder Prayers resembles an earlier anthology of my work entitled 'Gain of Function' , with its reliance on new poetry, some of it first published on the internet. Yet it also has a strong relationship to my previous volume called 'Summer With The Gods' - where this new book asks for 'Louder Prayers' combined with a further search around the edges - those still unexplored areas not quite touched on before. It is certainly a further development of my writing style, and although its physical presentation is designed to give the feel of a prayer book, it is an honest proposition and not in any way disrespectful, sarcastic or facetious. 

Another strength of these poems is a legitimate need to touch on a number of social issues - coming at them in abstract ways. Since I do not favour any political or social leaning, there is no attempt to sway the reader. Yet I feel my observations, political or religious, need at least to be aired - or what's the point? In no way is my work an exercise in demonstrating pc notions or pseudo-religious guidance, but words must be allowed to identify potential problems and quasi current situations in a critical or merely heuristic sense.

Industry Reviews

This collection touches on many different political and religious subjects. As I read I often found myself doubling back to reread lines that held great potency, whether I agreed with them or not.


It was difficult to pick a favorite piece so I shall say I was touched by both 'Colour My Shoes' and 'Silence of Sience - Word of God'. Both are thought provoking. The first a sharp observation of the world as it Wade's through the waters of pandemics and politics, the second touches on the nature of God.


"God is heard in the quantum infinity,

and in the weak energy of binding light." - From 'Sound of Silence - Word of God'


Lastly the book itself of beautiful and the internal design is gorgeous. A pleasure to read, but content I had to take my time with.


Mary Grace van der Kroef

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