PSALMS COMPOSED IN UTTER DARKNESS charts a moving spiritual journey. Imagining aspects of the Faustus story from its interior, Daly presents Dr. John Faustus as he pleads for himself and on behalf of other lost souls, while accepting his bargained-for damnation. Echoing the emotional range of Biblical psalms, this poetic voice importunes, despairs of, and praises God, without expectation of redemption. In splendid and often poignant language, Daly's poems question the nature of free will, goodness, evil, justice, and mercy. These are haunting meditations on what it means to be human." --Denise Provost, Co President of New England Poetry Club, author of City of StoriesPoetry.