Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book

Essential Occupation

Rate this book
Poetry. From the vantage point of a favorite seat in the Common Café of Time, in ESSENTIAL OCCUPATION Steve Brooks takes us to the center of the poet's soul, asking the hardest yet the best questions of himself and of those who would call themselves "poets": Walt Whitman knew it. Emily Dickinson knew it. This aloneness is the raw meat of the poets and the oracle's cave of the soul. What if one accepts the loss of every beautiful icon? Can a Christian love God without Jesus? Can a Buddhist love Being without Buddha? Can a painter love beauty without a model? Can a romantic fall in love without lust or desire?

42 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2012

About the author

Steve Brooks

75 books

Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
0 (0%)
4 stars
0 (0%)
3 stars
0 (0%)
2 stars
0 (0%)
1 star
0 (0%)
No one has reviewed this book yet.

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get help and learn more about the design.