Bücher von David B Churchill

The Music of the Aztecs is an anthology celebrating the Washington D.C. poetry scene, with a special focus on the work of the contemporary poets of the D.C. Magic Theater Poetry Club. The poets of the Magic Theater, both acclaimed and lesser known, are an exciting variety of voices. All have read and been published widely in the D.C., area and beyond. Poetry lovers will recognize the names of Marianne Szlyk, Alan Britt and Annie Finch, whose work is included here.The introduction to the collection, How to Use This Book, will be a welcome addition to anyone new to or unfamiliar with poetry. In clear, easy-to-use prose, the introduction provides step-by-step instructions for enjoying this vital art-form. This is a book for anybody who loves poetry and anybody who would like to learn how to enjoy it.

Poetry is Mindfulness is the latest book from the author of The Going-Under of the Evening-Land and Lucid Waking. The book includes the essay called "Poetry is Mindfulness - The Essay." In this essay the author argues that although all poetry is mindful, the "mindfulness" poem as such is a particular type of poem in which mindfulness emerges as a unique characteristic.

Necropole is a book-length poem on the relationship between prophetic and social loneliness. Prophetic loneliness is the loneliness of one who sets him or herself outside society in order to view it more clearly. Social loneliness on the other hand is a form of suffering that, given humankind's essential connectedness, borders on spiritual death. Necropole is an examination, in poetry, into whether prophetic loneliness does or does not also lead to spiritual death--and if not, why not. The poem is illustrated by the artwork of Alison Chase Radcliffe.

Poems of a speculative or metaphysical bent, many that advance ideas for a new vision of a uniquely American spirituality. Includes "Ideas of Rapture for a Country Not Known to the Bible" with its call to adapt the training of the grail knight as a prerequisite for seeking life's answers.