Franciscan Notes

by Alan Williamson

Book Overview

The book begins with deaths: chiefly the poet's mother's, but also those of cherished mentors and friends. Poems explore living beyond those deaths and approaching old age, and then do some traveling. Williamson takes a pilgrimage to Japan and India, inspired by his practice of Zen meditation, and placed under the aegis of a saying from the great Rinzai Zen monastery at Daitoku-ji: "If you cannot endure this moment, what can you endure?" A theme then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946482250
• ISBN13: 9781946482259
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Tupelo Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 8.9"