Robert Bly

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Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926) is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement.

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	Iron John: A Book About Men 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,469 ratings — published 1984 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology by Robert Bly (Editor), James Hillman (Editor), Michael Meade (Editor) 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Book on the Human Shadow 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Morning Poems 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silence in the Snowy Fields: Poems 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1962 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness by Robert Bly (Introduction), B. Ras (Editor) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaping Poetry: An Idea With Poems and Translations 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soul Is Here For Its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sibling Society 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I am proud only of those days that pass in
undivided tenderness.”
― Robert Bly, A Little Book on the Human Shadow

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“Every noon as the clock hands arrive at twelve,
I want to tie the two arms together,
And walk out of the bank carrying time in bags.”
― Robert Bly, The Night Abraham Called to the Stars: Poems

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“It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.”
― Robert Bly, My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy: Poems

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