{"product_id":"the-poetry-of-impermanence-mindfulness-and-joy-paperback","title":"The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Brehm\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy\u003c\/i\u003e received the Spirituality \u0026amp; Practice Book Award for 50 Best Spiritual Books in 2017 by Spirituality and Practice Website. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Brehm is the author of four books of poems, \u003ci\u003eSea of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHelp Is On the Way, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNo Day at the Beach, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDharma Talk. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also published a book of essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma of Poetry: How Poems Can Deepen Your Spiritual Practice and Open You to Joy, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich is a companion to his bestselling anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy.\u003c\/i\u003e His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Ohio Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review, The Writer's Almanac, The Norton Introduction to Literature, Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals and anthologies. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52476790997299,"sku":"9781614293316","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/kdbgBcE1Dh9781614293316.webp?v=1759596828","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-poetry-of-impermanence-mindfulness-and-joy-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}