David Severtson

Prophetic Reflections

Arts & Literature

“The times we inhabit evoke biblical descriptors: ‘apocalyptic,’ ‘cataclysmic,’ ‘doomsday.’ With Prophetic Reflections, Robert Schmidt’s poetic voice outmatches the age, decrying the nation’s social, economic, environmental, and political bankruptcies with the moral outrage of the Hebrew prophets. More than imitations, Schmidt’s poems rise from the viscera of disgust over wars, intolerance, cruelty—the list goes on. Read these poems from a pulpit—better yet, with a bullhorn—and witness a people’s conscience awakened to bring about a more just world.”