Breaking the Drought

In Breaking the Drought, poetic sensibility bubbles forth in its native voice. Working less with patients, Stephen can go back to his starting place as a writer, with time to fine tune what emerges. These 81 poems exquisitely express a life well spent in quest of wisdom, openness, spirituality, and humanity...and deliver Levine's 'healing' in a new mode.

“There are many poems here you'll want to read to your friends.”

Dying, grieving, and love inhabit the poems of Stephen Levine in Breaking the Drought:Visions of Grace (Larson Publications 2007, $15 paper, a collection that delves into themes he has often explored as a teacher of meditation and healing practices. Levine invites a Buddhist sensibility into reflective portraits of red-eyed lime-green frogs, the honeycomb of memory, and other evocative subjects... Levine's verse carries the wisdom of a life lived open to vulnerability, greeting the reader with surprising empathy. My heart lifted and my spirits rejoiced on reading his divinely inspired work. -- Judy Collins Stephen cradles your heart with tenderness and places the lamp of truth in your hand. A wise and beautiful gift ... -- Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart -- Robert Bly At last the drought is over. Stephen's poemsa glorious deluge of the divine. -- Wavy Gravy Here are poems of the heart that speak directly to our spirit today... Both timely and timeless, these visions of grace are like nectar to soul. -- Lama Surya Das

Stephen Levine's popular books have sold well over a million copies. Widely known for his work with the terminally ill and their families, Stephen also has taught healing meditation in many circles. He has been featured on PBS and CNN televisions programs, in numerous radio segments, and in articles and interviews in Salon.com, New York Magazine, Body and Soul, Tricycle, Yoga Journal, Tricycle, Shambhala Sun, San Jose Mercury news, and numerous other publications. He lives in the mountains near Chamisal, New Mexico.

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