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Excerpt from Spirit of the Storm: And Other Poems Poets are traditionally supposed (by red-blooded people) to be continually bemoaning their unhappy fate. The truth is that red-blooded people indulge in their feverish and largely meaningless activities, in order not to have any time to contemplate their own unhappy fate - the realization of which would be unendurable. The poet is braver; he can face the truth about his fate. And he has that courage precisely because he can see himself, from high above and from far off, as one of many. So that when he speaks for himself he is - in the degree of his perception - speaking for others. It is for this reason that when we can not write poetry we read it. We find ourselves, in our most secret moods, mirrored in another '8 poems. The poet reveals our hiddenmost hopes and fears to us. And conversely, those who read poetry are those who are debarred only by some technical limitation from Writing it. They are potential poets. Hence the poet has always in a sense, fellow-poets for an audience. And he pleases them to the degree in which he utters for them their unwritten poems. The Here and Now in which mankind is imprisoned has never, it would seem, been more irksome to the im patient soul than since the introduction Oi machinery. It seems that we can bear almost anything better than our nineteenth and twentieth century servitude to the machine. Poets, no matter how' gloomy a view of human fate they took, used to find many things to be incidentally enthusiastic about - such as owers, and stars, and beauti ful women. But the owers are being pushed further and further out of sight by the huge extensions of city brick and mortar; the stars are more and more hidden from our gaze by factory smoke; and beautiful women no longer seen as the consolations of a dreary life, but rather as fellow-victims, are quite as likely to evoke pity as admiration. Thus poetry becomes less and less calcu lated to give immediate cheer; even in its more ostensibly gay moods, it has an undertone of mocking irony. But it has a deeper comfort, which all those who have suffered, and are not afraid to remember it, must ever be grate ful for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

What happens when soul and spirit face a storm together? They meet pretence, doubt, fear, anger, grief, revulsion, and desperation. After a walk through the commotions, they get a reality of darkness obscuring them from light. In this divine walk, they may be gifted revelations of what truly matters. Sometimes, there are answers. Other times, there are no answers. The walk through the storm opens the door to godly rooms where divine meaning, authentic truth, and deeper understanding reside. Let’s Go Walking in the Storm is a soulful anthology of poetry and reflections. It’s the murky walking trail, with stormy stopovers, to the divine. Through poems and reflections, the book delves into human sufferings, environmental problems, violent conflicts and immigration, the COVID-19 pandemic, and racism and discrimination. As a spiritual journey to seek understanding and acceptance in the chaos, the spirit is also honoured with inspirations. May you find calm when it’s time to walk in the storm.

Literary Nonfiction. Poetics. "ORDERING THE STORM empowers readers to see the poetry collection as an artistic medium in itself, and offers diverse perspectives on the subject. Experienced writers and beginners alike will find inspiration and encouragement in the words of exceptional poets such as Maggie Anderson, Wanda Coleman, and Beckian Fritz Goldberg. This book should be required reading for all graduate student poets, even those who are still in the process of writing their first collection, because it includes essential information on poetic sequencing and useful strategies for examining a manuscript's possibilities. One of the most exciting aspects of the book is the sense of community that readers feel upon exploring each essay. ORDERING THE STORM transforms the task of arranging poems from a solitary undertaking to a collaborative adventure"--Mary Biddinger, Associate Editor of RHINO.

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