About this item
Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems is a collection of poetry that provides a refuge of quiet clarity very much needed in today's restless, chaotic world. Every reader will find favorites to share and to return to, again and again. The diverse group of contributing poets includes contemporary favorites such as Wendell Berry, Joy Harjo, Jane Hirshfield, Li-Young Lee, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Derek Walcott, as well as poets of the past such as Hafiz, Pablo Neruda, Li Po, and Rumi. Readers of the poems in this book will begin to find themselves becoming less stressed, more balanced, and more fully present in the world.
About the Author
***Get your free sampler of Phyllis's music, prose and poetry at her website, www.phylliscoledai.com.Phyllis began writing on an old manual typewriter in childhood and never stopped. Her work explores things that tend to divide us, such as class, ethnicity, religion and gender, so that we might read our way into deeper understandings of one another. She has edited or authored nine books in multiple genres, including historical fiction, spiritual nonfiction and poetry. Born in a farming community in Ohio, she now resides in in a cozy 120-year-old house in Brookings, South Dakota, with her husband, teenage son and two cats. CONTACT PHYLLIS:phyllis@phylliscoledai.comCONNECT WITH PHYLLIS AT:http://www.phylliscoledai.comhttps://www.facebook.com/phylliscoledaihttps://www.facebook.com/phyllis.coledai.9https://www.instagram.com/phylliscoledaihttps://www.twitter.com/phylliscoledaihttps://www.instagram.com/phylliscoledai
