false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg 835249 3 This is a dangerous book. Great poetry calls into question not less than everything. It dares us to break free from the safe strategies of the cautious mind. It opens us to pain and joy and delight. It amazes, startles, pierces, and transforms us. It can lead to communion and grace.<br><br>Through the voices of ten inspiring poets and his own reflections, the author of Sacred America shows how poetry illuminates the eternal feelings and desires that stir the human heart and soul. These poems explore such universal themes as the awakening of wonder, the longing for love, the wisdom of dreams, and the courage required to live an authentic life. In thoughtful commentary on each work, Housden offers glimpses into his personal spiritual journey and invites readers to contemplate the significance of the poet's message in their own lives. <br><br>In <b>Ten Poems to Change Your Life</b>, Roger Housden shows how these astonishing poems can inspire you to live what you always knew in your bones but never had the words for.<br><br><br>"The Journey" by Mary Oliver<br>"Last Night as I Was Sleeping" by Antonio Machado<br>"Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman<br>"Zero Circle" by Rumi<br>"The Time Before Death" by Kabir<br>"Ode to My Socks" by Pablo Neruda<br>"Last Gods" by Galway Kinnell<br>"For the Anniversary of My Death" by W. S. Merwin<br>"Love After Love" by Derek Walcott<br>"The Dark Night" by St. John of the Cross 204725 26 6 2001 Ten Poems to Change Your Life total:116|5:54|4:34|3:20|2:6|1:2| 116 480 197 23 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 5 1 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Jan 04 09:27:23 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 15:48:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 5 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 12:15:03 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 12:15:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 5 0 false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 18:47:26 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 18:51:11 -0700 2009 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 4 0 false Sat Aug 15 12:08:37 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 12:13:04 -0700 2009 211512 0340825103 9780340825105 4 1 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172734235m/211512.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211512.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 2 1 false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 17:31:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 17:09:25 -0700 2009
The ten poems, while they didn't change my life rather than waste a bit of time that I can't get back, aren't too bad. I figured even though I wasn't a huge fan of poetry I could knock off 10 poems. It was Housden's wacky dissection of each poem that bored ...more...]]> 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 0 0 false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 14:16:25 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 14:17:23 -0700 2009 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 3 0 false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 28 17:11:12 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 07:31:35 -0800 2009 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 5 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 09:25:03 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 09:26:12 -0700 2009 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 5 0 false Sat Apr 25 17:11:59 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 17:15:51 -0700 2009 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 4 0 false Mon Sep 08 16:08:31 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 17:14:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 0 0 false Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 10:36:44 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 09:26:11 -0800 2009 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 3 0 false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 16:42:26 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 16:59:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 0 0 false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 10:08:13 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:31:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 4 0 false Mon Sep 10 17:13:08 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 17:15:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 1 0 false Tue Feb 12 17:01:30 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 18:43:59 -0800 2008 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 5 0 false Sat Dec 15 23:38:04 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 23:38:57 -0800 2007 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 2 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Feb 03 21:32:37 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 21:36:46 -0800 2008 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 5 0 false Wed Oct 07 08:44:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:13:11 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:44:51 -0700 2009 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 5 0 false Mon Jul 21 14:58:21 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 14:58:45 -0700 2008 835249 0609609017 9780609609019 112 22 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178766940m/835249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835249.Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life 5 0 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Sep 15 10:03:02 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 10:04:00 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=835249