Author: John Repp
Publisher: Broadstone Books
ISBN: 9781937968847
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Poetry. If one goes Googling John Repp; one soon learns that he is a native of the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey (a location that often appears in his work); but has since lived many places; attended many universities (picking up an MFA along the way); has worked at seemingly every sort of job from gravedigging to teaching creative writing (so at least some of them useful); and has an eclectic and eccentric list of interests. And that he has; over the past forty years; written many books of poetry and prose; garnering awards and critical recognition along the way. All of which finds its way into THE SOUL OF ROCK & ROLL; which serves as a âeoegreatest hitsâe selection from those four decades of poetry. Such an outsized life has yielded a commensurately wide-ranging body of work; and any attempt to gist it in few words would do it poor service; but a good point of entry is "The Tiny-Montgomery-Mother-Poem" in which Dylan's The Basement Tapes plays in the background while Repp's mother is dying; and his family rails at him for speaking of such things: "They say These things are private. Why do you keep / making these private things public? It's so long ago." Yes; he writes of private things; and of things from long ago; from a time of innocence and the rush to lose it; documenting not merely his life but that of his generation; a generation for which rock & roll provided the soundtrack and the thrum sounding throughout these pages; love and loss amid the worn crackle and hiss. It may be true; as William Carlos Williams observed; that it is hard to get news from poetry; but it's a good source of history; of understanding how we arrived where we are. Repp reports in one poem here that he learned of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in part from a Robert Pinsky poem. Now it is his turn to educate us; to share the lessons from his life and times. Not all may be the sort of things that people die for want of knowing (to complete the Williams quotation); but they can be comforting--and what a needful thing that is for these times. "Who doesn't climb from the mere world" he asks in "Ovaltine"--with the emphasis on mere; lest we take our lives too seriously; reminding us to dream--"to where Ponce de Leon and Wyatt Earp rein their horses / while you spur Silver to column's head? The wind hits you first; / wind unheard before that; nothing ahead but fire and new mountains."
The Soul of Rock & Roll: Poems Acoustic; Electric & Remixed; 1980-2020
Author: John Repp
Publisher: Broadstone Books
ISBN: 9781937968847
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Poetry. If one goes Googling John Repp; one soon learns that he is a native of the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey (a location that often appears in his work); but has since lived many places; attended many universities (picking up an MFA along the way); has worked at seemingly every sort of job from gravedigging to teaching creative writing (so at least some of them useful); and has an eclectic and eccentric list of interests. And that he has; over the past forty years; written many books of poetry and prose; garnering awards and critical recognition along the way. All of which finds its way into THE SOUL OF ROCK & ROLL; which serves as a âeoegreatest hitsâe selection from those four decades of poetry. Such an outsized life has yielded a commensurately wide-ranging body of work; and any attempt to gist it in few words would do it poor service; but a good point of entry is "The Tiny-Montgomery-Mother-Poem" in which Dylan's The Basement Tapes plays in the background while Repp's mother is dying; and his family rails at him for speaking of such things: "They say These things are private. Why do you keep / making these private things public? It's so long ago." Yes; he writes of private things; and of things from long ago; from a time of innocence and the rush to lose it; documenting not merely his life but that of his generation; a generation for which rock & roll provided the soundtrack and the thrum sounding throughout these pages; love and loss amid the worn crackle and hiss. It may be true; as William Carlos Williams observed; that it is hard to get news from poetry; but it's a good source of history; of understanding how we arrived where we are. Repp reports in one poem here that he learned of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in part from a Robert Pinsky poem. Now it is his turn to educate us; to share the lessons from his life and times. Not all may be the sort of things that people die for want of knowing (to complete the Williams quotation); but they can be comforting--and what a needful thing that is for these times. "Who doesn't climb from the mere world" he asks in "Ovaltine"--with the emphasis on mere; lest we take our lives too seriously; reminding us to dream--"to where Ponce de Leon and Wyatt Earp rein their horses / while you spur Silver to column's head? The wind hits you first; / wind unheard before that; nothing ahead but fire and new mountains."
Publisher: Broadstone Books
ISBN: 9781937968847
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Poetry. If one goes Googling John Repp; one soon learns that he is a native of the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey (a location that often appears in his work); but has since lived many places; attended many universities (picking up an MFA along the way); has worked at seemingly every sort of job from gravedigging to teaching creative writing (so at least some of them useful); and has an eclectic and eccentric list of interests. And that he has; over the past forty years; written many books of poetry and prose; garnering awards and critical recognition along the way. All of which finds its way into THE SOUL OF ROCK & ROLL; which serves as a âeoegreatest hitsâe selection from those four decades of poetry. Such an outsized life has yielded a commensurately wide-ranging body of work; and any attempt to gist it in few words would do it poor service; but a good point of entry is "The Tiny-Montgomery-Mother-Poem" in which Dylan's The Basement Tapes plays in the background while Repp's mother is dying; and his family rails at him for speaking of such things: "They say These things are private. Why do you keep / making these private things public? It's so long ago." Yes; he writes of private things; and of things from long ago; from a time of innocence and the rush to lose it; documenting not merely his life but that of his generation; a generation for which rock & roll provided the soundtrack and the thrum sounding throughout these pages; love and loss amid the worn crackle and hiss. It may be true; as William Carlos Williams observed; that it is hard to get news from poetry; but it's a good source of history; of understanding how we arrived where we are. Repp reports in one poem here that he learned of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in part from a Robert Pinsky poem. Now it is his turn to educate us; to share the lessons from his life and times. Not all may be the sort of things that people die for want of knowing (to complete the Williams quotation); but they can be comforting--and what a needful thing that is for these times. "Who doesn't climb from the mere world" he asks in "Ovaltine"--with the emphasis on mere; lest we take our lives too seriously; reminding us to dream--"to where Ponce de Leon and Wyatt Earp rein their horses / while you spur Silver to column's head? The wind hits you first; / wind unheard before that; nothing ahead but fire and new mountains."
The Soul's Home / Poems
Author: Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578142244
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This collection from 2013 continues the intended trajectory of a lifetime's work that celebrates and posits the direct perception that The Divine Reality faces us from everywhere and in literally every circumstance of each moment of our lives. In this, the world's soul envelope has been turned inside out, revealing itself in images of light. Rather than invoking metaphors for experience, my project has been to "move from the word as symbol toward the word as reality" (as W.C. Williams said about the poetry of Ezra Pound), words not standing for an already completed experience, physical or spiritual, but in the act of writing itself revealing the core, the poem's very details being in themselves the experience, between seen and unseen, with transitive imagination the active aesthetic practice, as much as Allah inspires and allows.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578142244
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This collection from 2013 continues the intended trajectory of a lifetime's work that celebrates and posits the direct perception that The Divine Reality faces us from everywhere and in literally every circumstance of each moment of our lives. In this, the world's soul envelope has been turned inside out, revealing itself in images of light. Rather than invoking metaphors for experience, my project has been to "move from the word as symbol toward the word as reality" (as W.C. Williams said about the poetry of Ezra Pound), words not standing for an already completed experience, physical or spiritual, but in the act of writing itself revealing the core, the poem's very details being in themselves the experience, between seen and unseen, with transitive imagination the active aesthetic practice, as much as Allah inspires and allows.
Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul
Author:
Publisher: Loyola Press
ISBN: 0829418695
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This extraordinary celebration of the poet's craft opens the attentive reader's heart to the world of the spirit. Author/compilers Judith Valente and Charles Reynard, noted poets themselves, share elected poems that probe the classic themes of the spiritual life.
Publisher: Loyola Press
ISBN: 0829418695
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This extraordinary celebration of the poet's craft opens the attentive reader's heart to the world of the spirit. Author/compilers Judith Valente and Charles Reynard, noted poets themselves, share elected poems that probe the classic themes of the spiritual life.
The House of Belonging
Author: David Whyte
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962152436
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is David Whyte's fourth book of poetry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962152436
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is David Whyte's fourth book of poetry
Watering the Soul
Author: Courtney Peppernell
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1524869880
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Poetry and prose to encourage us to grow. Watering the Soul is a timeless reminder that everyone needs time, love, and forgiveness. In the deepest, most enchanting part of the forest, a creature hands you a seed. Within the seed is your soul, ready to be grown again. From internationally bestselling author Courtney Peppernell comes her new book of poetry and prose, Watering the Soul. In true Peppernell style, the book is divided into sections, this time following a step-by-step recipe, to heal your soul. Filled with themes that focus on forgiveness, gratitude, togetherness, and equality, Peppernell takes you on a journey to find a precious yet profound understanding; that a seed is not grown with haste and nor is becoming whole, that in each and every step, we find the meaning of watering the soul. This is the story of your soul and how it can be grown again.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1524869880
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Poetry and prose to encourage us to grow. Watering the Soul is a timeless reminder that everyone needs time, love, and forgiveness. In the deepest, most enchanting part of the forest, a creature hands you a seed. Within the seed is your soul, ready to be grown again. From internationally bestselling author Courtney Peppernell comes her new book of poetry and prose, Watering the Soul. In true Peppernell style, the book is divided into sections, this time following a step-by-step recipe, to heal your soul. Filled with themes that focus on forgiveness, gratitude, togetherness, and equality, Peppernell takes you on a journey to find a precious yet profound understanding; that a seed is not grown with haste and nor is becoming whole, that in each and every step, we find the meaning of watering the soul. This is the story of your soul and how it can be grown again.
The Soul House
Author: Rafy Rohaan
Publisher: Sgmeel Publications
ISBN: 9780578548913
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Soul House is a collection of poetry by English poet Rafy Rohaan, published in 2019. This collection mainly centers on love, loss, grief, and insanity.
Publisher: Sgmeel Publications
ISBN: 9780578548913
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Soul House is a collection of poetry by English poet Rafy Rohaan, published in 2019. This collection mainly centers on love, loss, grief, and insanity.
The Unsaid
Author: Nafiesa
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1638507260
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
When I sat in solitude, I found my existence. For that solitude was needed for me to strive, To strive to find answers to my questions, Which were hidden deep inside me. So, I wrote till my heart opened up And my pen could survive. For I found answers to my Unsaid thoughts, Which lay deep inside me… “I romance with my words and call it poetry” – Nafiesa
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1638507260
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
When I sat in solitude, I found my existence. For that solitude was needed for me to strive, To strive to find answers to my questions, Which were hidden deep inside me. So, I wrote till my heart opened up And my pen could survive. For I found answers to my Unsaid thoughts, Which lay deep inside me… “I romance with my words and call it poetry” – Nafiesa
Soul to Soul
Author: John Mundahl
Publisher: Monkfish Book Publishing
ISBN: 1939681421
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Poems, prayers and stores from beloved spiritual teachers, perfect for ending a yoga class or for personal inspiration
Publisher: Monkfish Book Publishing
ISBN: 1939681421
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Poems, prayers and stores from beloved spiritual teachers, perfect for ending a yoga class or for personal inspiration
The Soul's Bright Home
Author: Melanie M. Eyth
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781533379665
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Soul's Bright Home seeks to answer the question: how does poetry soothe the soul? Collected poems and quotes contained therein imply that not only does READING poetry soothe the soul, but WRITING poetry soothes the soul as well.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781533379665
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Soul's Bright Home seeks to answer the question: how does poetry soothe the soul? Collected poems and quotes contained therein imply that not only does READING poetry soothe the soul, but WRITING poetry soothes the soul as well.