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Iona Poetry Reading with Kenneth Steven

On June 21, 2021 Kenneth Steven offered us a poetry reading which told the story of Iona from both personal and mythic perspectives.

Poems Read from the Iona Collection
Light p. 21
Place p. 38
Coll p. 40
The Illuminated Manuscript p. 33
The Death of Columba p. 37
Salt p. 52
Hebrides p. 55
The Summer House p. 59
The Harp p. 6
Iona p. 41
The Road p. 72
The Sacred Place p. 81
Finding p. 3

Order Iona by Kenneth Steven
Kenneth and Kristina’s Celtic retreats on Iona
The Well of the North Wind by Kenneth Steven (novel about the Celtic Christian story)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (book mentioned by Kenneth)

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