Jan Lee Ande
The Calling
originally published in Tiferet
What does it mean to be a poet
in today’s world? What concerns rouse us, we who define our poetics
as spiritual, ecological, religious? Tens of thousands of people now write
poetry. What begins as a pilgrimage may evolve into a spiritual lifework.
We practice poetry as we pray, contemplate, meditate. We take holy orders
in the hallowed hall of the self...
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originally published in LORE
What transformation are poets
called upon to make at this critical time in the world’s history?
How do we transform our anger, our prejudices, our drive toward destruction,
into poems and a presence that awaken us to the sanctity of life? How
do we use creativity to urge us toward revolutionizing our lives and world?
What is the language in which poets might talk about a continuum of change?...
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© Jan Lee Ande 2007
