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Over 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.
The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy received the Spirituality & Practice Book Award for 50 Best Spiritual Books in 2017 by Spirituality and Practice Website.
The poems expertly gathered here offer all that one might hope for in spiritual companionship: wisdom, compassion, peacefulness, good humor, and the ability to both absorb and express the deepest human emotions of grief and joy. The book includes a short essay on “Mindful Reading” and a meditation on sound from editor John Brehm—helping readers approach the poems from an experiential, non-analytical perspective and enter into the mindful reading of poetry as a kind of meditation.
The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy offers a wide-ranging collection of 129 ancient and modern poems unlike any other anthology on bookshelves today. It uniquely places Buddhist poets like Han Shan, Tu Fu, Saigyo, Ryokan, Basho, Issa, and others alongside modern Western poets one would not expect to find in such a collection—poets like Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, William Stafford, Denise Levertov, Jack Gilbert, Ellen Bass, Billy Collins, and more. What these poems have in common, no matter whether they are explicitly Buddhist, is that all reflect the essential truths the Buddha articulated 2,500 years ago.
The book provides an important poetic complement to the many prose books on mindfulness practice—the poems here both reflect and embody the dharma in ways that can’t be matched by other modes of writing. Its unique features include an introduction that discusses the themes of impermanence, mindfulness, and joy and explores the relationship between them. Biographical notes place the poets in historical context and offer quotes and anecdotes to help readers learn about the poets’ lives.
From the Publisher
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A poetry anthology from the editor of the bestselling Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy
Explorations of loss, of thanksgiving, of transformation—of the darkest and brightest moments of our lives—some of these poems show a path forward while others simply acknowledge and empathize with where we are. All are celebrations of poetry’s ability to express what seemed inexpressible and to bring us into greater awareness of the deepest aspects of our shared human experience.
This quietly inspirational anthology from poet and editor John Brehm includes poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, Czesław Miłosz, Seamus Heaney, Billy Collins, Joy Harjo, Danusha Laméris, Ada Limón, Kevin Young, Arthur Sze, Ellen Bass, Li-Young Lee, Natasha Trethewey, and many more.
It also includes Brehm’s essay on appreciative attention and links to guided meditations for select poems.
Also from John Brehm
The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy
The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy offers a wide-ranging collection of 129 ancient and modern poems unlike any other anthology on bookshelves today. It uniquely places Buddhist poets like Han Shan, Tu Fu, Saigyo, and others alongside modern Western poets one would not expect to find in such a collection—poets like Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, Billy Collins, and more. What these poems have in common is that all reflect the essential truths the Buddha articulated 2,500 years ago.
The Dharma of Poetry
In The Dharma of Poetry, John Brehm shows how poems can open up new ways of thinking, feeling, and being in the world. Brehm demonstrates the practice of mindfully entering a poem, with an alertness, curiosity, and open-hearted responsiveness very much like the attention we cultivate in meditation. Complete with poetry-related meditations and writing prompts, this collection of lively, elegantly written essays can be read as a standalone book or as a companion to the author’s acclaimed anthology The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy.
Dharma Talk
A volume of original poetry from the bestselling creator of Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy.
In Dharma Talk, award-winning poet John Brehm explores the perennial themes of aging, compassion, emptiness, nonseparation, and more. At once poignant and humorous, Brehm’s gentle, wry poems remind us that the personal and the universal are not different—and point us to the Dharma of everyday life.
ASIN : 1614293317
Publisher : Wisdom Publications (June 6, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 312 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781614293316
ISBN-13 : 978-1614293316
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 4.5 x 0.9 x 6.5 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book offers a well-curated collection of poems from known and lesser-known poets, with an excellent how-to read poetry section. They find the selection thoughtful and enriching for their spiritual lives. The book is described as delightful, sweet, and full of profundity. Readers appreciate the timeless themes and relevance to life.
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