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    Dharma Talk: Poems
    Dharma Talk: Poems
    Dharma Talk: Poems
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    Dharma Talk: Poems

    By John Brehm

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    A new volume of original poetry from the bestselling creator of Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy.

    In Dharma Talk, award-winning poet John Brehm explores the perennial themes of aging, compassion, emptiness, nonseparation, and more. At once poignant and humorous, Brehm’s gentle, wry poems remind us that the personal and the universal are not different—and point us to the Dharma of everyday life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWisdom Publications
    Release dateSep 26, 2023
    ISBN9781614298861
    Dharma Talk: Poems
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    John Brehm

    John Brehm is the author of four books of poems, Sea of Faith, Help Is On the Way, No Day at the Beach, and Dharma Talk. He has also published a book of essays, The Dharma of Poetry: How Poems Can Deepen Your Spiritual Practice and Open You to Joy, which is a companion to his  bestselling anthology, The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New Ohio Review, The Sun, The Gettysburg Review, The Writer’s Almanac, The Norton Introduction to Literature, Best American Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies. He lives in Portland, Oregon. 

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