Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy Brehm John
Over 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.The poems expertly gathered here offer all that one might hope for in spiritual companionship: wisdom, compassion,…
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Over 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.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