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The poet wants to drink from the well of origin; to write the poem that has not yet been written. In order to enter this level of originality, the poet must reach beyond the chorus of chattering voices that people the surface of a culture. Furthermore, the poet must reach deeper inward; go deeper than the private hoard of voices down to the root-voice. It is here that individuality has the taste of danger, vitality and vulnerability. Here the creative has the necessity of inevitability; this is the threshold where imagination engages raw, unformed experience. This is the sense you have when you read a true poem. You know it could not be other than it is.
Its self and its form are one.

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Excerpt from BEAUTY

Books

Europe

walkingPastures
benedictus
anamCara
divineBeauty
eternalEchoes
conamaraBlues
echoesMemory
fourElements

USA

WIWcoverA
blessSpace
anamCara
beauty
eternalEchoes
conamraBlues
echoes
fourElements

Audio / Visual Media

anamCaraCD

Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition

walkininwonder audio

Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World

longingbelonging

Longing and Belonging: The Complete John O'Donohue Audio Collection

celticPilgrimage

DVD: A Celtic Pilgrimage

beautyCD

Beauty

wisdomCD

Wisdom from the Celtic World

invisibleWorld

The Invisible World

1464innerLandscape

The Inner Landscape

divineImagination

The Divine Imagination

secretLandscape

Secret Landscapes of Nourishment

blessSpaceCD

To Bless the Space Between Us