Breaking the Drought: Visions of Grace

by Stephen Levine

Book Overview

Levine's wit, wisdom, and untamed heart at their best. This delightful book celebrates the long-awaited return to poetry (after 40 years) of the beloved author/teacher, acclaimed worldwide for his work with the terminally ill. It teems with life and timelessness--ranging from hope to awe to gratefulness to wonder and pathos, with skillful evocations of Basho, Lorca, and Rilke.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0943914485
• ISBN13: 9780943914480
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Larson Publications
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Grace, as promised

Poems that take my breath away. In part the selected words describe the countryside where I reside and it is due to grace that I live here. Mainly it is the grace that lays hidden within each thought that seeps into my heart nuruturing it, like the precious dew that nourishes our parched soil. Levine is a remarkable poet when dealing with love, living and death. Although I know him the most through his nonfiction writing on coping with chronic and terminal illnesses and his report of his experiment, A Year to Live, what a joy to discover poetry is his true medium.

To help people with the healing and grieving process

Stephen Devine has sold over a million books of poetry, all of them seeking to help people with the healing and grieving process and his newest book of poetry, "Breaking The Drought: Visions of Grace" is no different. It grants fans the same creative intuition and poetic sensibility that Levine has become so known and loved for, as he channels his original muse as he opens his heart and invites all to enter. Highly recommended to both poetry lovers and community library poetry collections where it is sure to be a hit. A pinched nerve: A pinched nerve/at the root of the fingers/tried to pick up/more than it could handle/but in the pain/without reserve or wish/to be otherwise/the light./Ah there! Christ in the palm of your hand.

Refreshingly insightful

This is great stuff. Reading it, I found myself sinking in, trusting the words to take me on a journey . . . one with rich images, a clear mind, and an open heart. I particularly enjoyed "If Prayer Would Do It" and "I Sought Myself Unsuccessfully." This is poetry as spiritual teaching. Highly recommended.