{"id":2457,"date":"2012-07-20T11:48:44","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T11:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2012-07-20T11:54:47","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T11:54:47","slug":"the-poetics-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2012\/07\/the-poetics-of-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"The Poetics of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"id_500941ebb4bf23935990273\">Fellow saint and sinner Molly Nicholson has shared this wonderful, little piece\u00a0by the poet Robert Francis, which comes untitled:<\/p>\n<p>Life the hound<br \/>\nEquivocal<br \/>\nComes at a bound<br \/>\nEither to rend me<br \/>\nOr to befriend me.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot tell<br \/>\nThe hound\u2019s intent<br \/>\nTill he has sprung<br \/>\nAt my bare hand<br \/>\n&#8230; With teeth or tongue.<br \/>\nMeanwhile I stand<br \/>\nAnd wait the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow saint and sinner Molly Nicholson has shared this wonderful, little piece\u00a0by the poet Robert Francis, which comes untitled: Life the hound Equivocal Comes at a bound Either to rend me Or to befriend me. 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