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House of Belonging
by David Whyte

House of Belonging
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Author: David Whyte
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-06
ISBN: 0962152439
Number of pages: 98
Publisher: Many Rivers Press

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Book Review: Work that lacks the murky qualities of much poetry.
Summary: 5 Stars

We owe a debt of gratitude to David Whyte for work which lacks the obscure, murky, digressive qualities often associated with poetry and which are responsible for turning large segments of the reading public away from quality literature.

He writes with exquisite simplicity about life's monumental concerns: love, creativity, aloneness, beauty. These are the very things which, by virtue of their universality, should be easily perceptible, but which we have made endlessly complicated.

There is a pervasive, Zen-like aspect to Mr. Whyte's work. By following him back to the wild Yorkshire moors of his youth and forward to the vast potential of the land he adopted in adulthood, we are reminded to take note of each moment, to pay heed to even the most mundane articles of daily existence --- bees, trees, daisies, dishes, kettles --- because they are all facets of the ever-changing whole that is each life.

Whether dealing with the fullness of nature's many moods or the lo! ng search for a special connection with another human being, his poems each hold at their core a lustrous pearl of truth.

He speaks to a generation now learning to accept the difficult, i.e., that not all dreams are possible but that new hopes can rise to take their place, that there is a continuance of life after what one believed to be an 'only' love, and that solitude can be a genesis site for constructive activity, realization and joy.

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