Living from Here: Poems 1968-2018

by Bruce McConnell

A fifty-year retrospective, these 41 poems allow the reader to see and experience, at a deeper, wordless level, a mind flowing through time from youth to full maturity, in a remarkably high state of awareness, wonder, vulnerability, and daring. This is poetry brave, passionate, insightful and full of life.

All we are given is as a
Gratitude for living, and chances
To know and love another well.
Now, the grit to cultivate
Patience, compassion, courage fair;
Equanimity amidst deep conflict;
Humility and thankfulness for
What delicious forms and moments
The Universe may offer in its time
To such unworthy, blessèd pilgrims.

-- from “Letting Go”

102 pages, Paperback

Published July 26, 2018

About the author

Bruce McConnell is an accomplished shape-shifter, having lived as a poet, roofer, artist-blacksmith, engineer, consultant, national security official, nonprofit executive, and peacemaker. A collection of his poems, Living from Here, was published by AnvilPress.us. Crows Calling is his first novel.