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Meister Eckhart's Book of Darkness & Light: Meditations on the Path of the Wayless Way

by Jon M. Sweeney

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Michael Dechane said: " I started this little book over a year ago and I'm about halfway through. This is about the most savory stuff you can give your attention to, friend. I read a bit and camp out with a poem (or pair) as long as it seems I need to sit with them. I love ...more "

May 23, 2025 03:33PM · see review

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The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology

by Robert Bly

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Michael Dechane said: " One of the best poetry anthologies on my shelf! The editor trio is bonkers-good (Bly, Hillman, and Meade) and the curation is amazing. One of my favorite parts of the anthology is how segmented it is. Lots of small groupings. And each has its own min ...more "

May 23, 2025 03:22PM · see review

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“Generally it is only in times of extreme need that one hunts caribou in a blizzard — not that nine tenths of the blizzards in the Arctic need keep a healthy man indoors; it is merely that the drifting snow (even when you can see as far as two hundred yards) diminishes many times over the chance you have of finding game.”
― Anonymous

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“As I read my poems aloud, I paid still more attention to sound in my writing. One morning as I revised, I set down a word that I knew was not right, and I heard myself think: But I can say it so that it’s right. Immediately, I knew that I had understood one of the hazards of reading aloud. Performance can paper over bad writing, or substitute for the best language. Performance is a problem, and most performance poets or slammers are actors or standup comedians and not poets; we never hear a line break and seldom a new metaphor. There are other problems with the popularity of the poetry reading, but largely the reading has been good for poetry because poets watch their own poems come back to them on the faces of listeners. One addresses not only the Muse but actual people.”
― Donald Hall, Unpacking The Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry

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