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THE SUN Sometimes I look out at everything growing so wild and faithfully beneath the sky and wonder why we are the one terrible part of creation privileged to refuse our flowering. … THE SUN From ‘The House of Belonging’ © David Whyte and Many Rivers Press …
Whyte's poems are often characterized by their conversational tone and philosophical depth, exploring themes of courage, vulnerability, purpose, and the search for meaning in a modern world. He is considered a contemporary poet, but his work transcends specific time periods and draws on a long tradition of nature poetry and philosophical inquiry.
Whyte’s poetry is known for its eclectic and spiritual bent. His collections of poetry include Songs for Coming Home (1984), Where Many Rivers Meet (1990), The House of Belonging (1996), River Flow: New & Selected Poems 1984–2007 (2006), and Pilgrim (2012).
David Whyte (born 2 November 1955) is an Anglo-Irish poet. [1] [2] [3] He has said that all of his poetry and philosophy are based on "the conversational nature of reality". [4] His book The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America (1994) topped the best-seller charts in the United States.
10 cze 2017 · Each of the ten following poems describes or uses the sun in some way – sometimes to explore other themes, sometimes simply to praise the sun for its warmth and light. 1. Henry Howard, ‘ Set Me Whereas the Sun Doth Parch the Green ’.
26 paź 2021 · Two of these poems — “Blessing for Sound” and “Blessing for the Light” — come alive as a ravishment of Irish landscape and music in Whyte’s collaboration with filmmaker Andrew Hinton and composer Owen Ó Súilleabháin for Emergence Magazine.
“Africa,” a poem by French-African poet David Diop, paints a complete picture of Africa, including its pre-colonial glory and colonial suffering as the nation traversed a difficult journey through time and evolution.
