{"product_id":"the-dharma-of-poetry-how-poems-can-deepen-your-spiritual-practice-and-open-you-to-joy-9781614297208","title":"The Dharma of Poetry: How Poems Can Deepen Your Spiritual Practice and Open You to Joy","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover how to engage with poetry to support your spiritual practice, leading to more mindfulness, equanimity, and joy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, John Brehm shows how poems can open up new ways of thinking, feeling, and being in the world. Brehm demonstrates the practice of mindfully \u003ci\u003eentering\u003c\/i\u003e a poem, with an alertness, curiosity, and open-hearted responsiveness very much like the attention we cultivate in meditation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Complete with poetry-related meditations and writing prompts, this collection of lively, elegantly written essays can be read as a standalone book, or as a companion to the author's acclaimed anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Brehm is the author of four books of poems, \u003ci\u003eSea of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHelp Is On the Way, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNo Day at the Beach, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDharma Talk. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also published a book of essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma of Poetry: How Poems Can Deepen Your Spiritual Practice and Open You to Joy, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich is a companion to his bestselling anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy.\u003c\/i\u003e His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Ohio Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review, The Writer's Almanac, The Norton Introduction to Literature, Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals and anthologies. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wisdom Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50660200022290,"sku":"9781614297208","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12a08045-080e-41ef-8bcb-e756a30ece8f.jpg?v=1733472280","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dharma-of-poetry-how-poems-can-deepen-your-spiritual-practice-and-open-you-to-joy-9781614297208","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}