Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again by Roger Housden

Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again by Roger Housden

This is a dangerous book. Great poetry calls into question not less than everything. It dares us to break free from the safe strategies of the cautious mind. It opens us to pain and joy and delight. It amazes, startles, pierces, and transforms us. It can lead to communion and grace.
Through the voices of ten inspiring poets and his own reflections, the author of Sacred America shows how poetry illuminates the eternal feelings and desires that stir the human heart and soul. These poems explore such universal themes as the awakening of wonder, the longing for love, the wisdom of dreams, and the courage required to live an authentic life. In thoughtful commentary on each work, Housden offers glimpses into his personal spiritual journey and invites readers to contemplate the significance of the poet's message in their own lives.
In Ten Poems to Change Your Life, Roger Housden shows how these astonishing poems can inspire you to live what you always knew in your bones but never had the words for.

The Journey by Mary Oliver
Last Night as I Was Sleeping by Antonio Machado
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
Zero Circle by Rumi
The Time Before Death by Kabir
Ode to My Socks by Pablo Neruda
Last Gods by Galway Kinnell
For the Anniversary of My Death by W. S. Merwin
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
The Dark Night by St. John of the Cross

After receiving a BA (Hons) Degree in French and Spanish from Birmingham University in 1967, Roger Housden started his career in London working for Times Newspapers. Within three years he went on to being a freelance feature writer for The Guardian and an interviewer for the BBC. In the 1980s he founded The Open Gate, the first year-round conference and retreat program to bring mainstream figures in psychology, spiritual traditions, and the arts from the United States to the UK. The Open Gate was a seminal influence and inspiration for many of the learning initiatives that have developed since in the UK, including Schumacher College and Schumacher Lecture Series, and Be the Change. In 1998 Housden immigrated to the United States and since then has been a full-time writer for publishers in New York City. He lives in the Bay Area.

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ISBN 13	9780307405197
ISBN 10	0307405192
Title	Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again
Author	Roger Housden
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2007-11-27
Number of pages	158
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