of subjects, as his reading, reflection and dialogue continually expanded the horizons of his interests and concerns. He was a generalist rather than a specialist, his ready pen moving easily from one subject to another. He could write apocalyptic poems about the catastrophic state of world affairs (like the “Original Child Bomb”12) or a simple reflective poem about a little girl’s drawing (“Grace’s House”13). He could discourse on the renewal of monastic life in the twentieth century14 and on the