Description
The five sections in Kim Staffords Singer Come from Afar hold poems that summon war and peace, pandemic struggles, Earth imperatives, a seekers spirit, and forge kinship. The former poet laureate of Oregon, Stafford has shared poems from this book in libraries, prisons, on reservations, with veterans, immigrants, homeless families, legislators, and students in schools. He writes for hidden heroes, resonant places, and for our chance to converge in spite of differences. Poems like Practicing the Complex Yes and The Fact of Forgiveness engineer tools for connection with the self, the community, and the Earth: It is a given you have failed . . . but] the world cant keep its treasures from you. For the early months of the pandemic, Stafford wrote and posted a poem for challenge and comfort each day on Instagram and published a series of chapbooks that traveled hand to hand to far placesto Norway, Egypt, and India. He views the writing and sharing of poetry as an essential act of testimony to sustain tikkun olam, the healing of the world. May this book be the hidden spring you seek.
Author: Kim Stafford
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781597098885
Language: English
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