Breaking the Drought

Dying, grieving, and love inhabit the poems of Stephen Levine in Breaking the Drought:Visions of Grace (Larson Publications 2007, $15 paper, a collection that delves into themes he has often explored as a teacher of meditation and healing practices. Levine invites a Buddhist sensibility into reflective portraits of red-eyed lime-green frogs, the honeycomb of memory, and other evocative subjects... Levine's verse carries the wisdom of a life lived open to vulnerability, greeting the reader with surprising empathy. My heart lifted and my spirits rejoiced on reading his divinely inspired work. -- Judy Collins Stephen cradles your heart with tenderness and places the lamp of truth in your hand. A wise and beautiful gift ... -- Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart There are many poems here you'll want to read to your friends. -- Robert Bly At last the drought is over. Stephen's poemsa glorious deluge of the divine. -- Wavy Gravy Here are poems of the heart that speak directly to our spirit today... Both timely and timeless, these visions of grace are like nectar to soul. -- Lama Surya Das