Ten Poems to Last a Lifetime
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Housden, Roger / Housden, Rodger, PUBLISHER: Harmony, ong>Theong> fourth volume in ong>theong> popular series that began with "Ten Poems ong>toong> Change Your Life," "Ten Poems ong>toong> Last a Lifetime" focuses on what it means ong>toong> be truly human. In it, Roger Housden offers us poems on life and death, happiness, seeing ourselves in relation ong>toong> ong>theong> world, and, of course, ong>theong> ineffable--ong>theong> things that really matter when ong>theong> chips are down. He describes ong>theong>se passionate poems as "bread for ong>theong> soul and fire for ong>theong> spirit." ong>Theong> poets Housden has chosen are Billy Collins, Hayden Carruth, Dorianne Laux, James Wright, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Mary Oliver from ong>theong> United States, D. H. Lawrence and John Keats from England, Rainer Maria Rilke from Germany, Fleur Adcock from New Zealand, and Seng-Ts'an from sixth-century China. And yes, that adds up ong>toong> eleven, not ten. Housden decided ong>toong> include a bonus poem for his faithful readers in this, ong>theong> final volume of ong>theong> series. As before, Housden's luminous ong>essaysong> provide an elegant and easy passage inong>toong> ong>theong> sometimes daunting world of poetry, enabling readers ong>toong> feel that in him ong>theong>y have found a trusted guide and menong>toong>r.