7 Ergebnisse.

Glimpses . . . from the longer view is Brenda Peddigrew's seventh book of published poetry. In this one, the "glimpses" of the title are visions and insights from a senior age, which are not possible from a younger time. They come from the easing of work demands, travel, and unending needs from the external world. Glimpses are those lights that shine when work is eased, and inner openings-unexpected-offer new insights.

The poems in "Ripening" come from a consciously eldering heart. They offer and reflect upon the actual valuing and insight that only many decades of life experience can bring. They are tender and angry, full of insight and wisdom brought only through many years of life.

Marrow of Light" is a collection of poems, short and long, which come from a deep and daily inner attention to what is being experienced and learned in the years of being over 70. These poems are "given", and like a listener rather than a planner, I write down what arrives, usually in the dark silence of earliest mornings. They are the deep learnings of a rich and deeply appreciated life, an effort to share what I have received with the larger...

The Luminous Ordinary is a personal and inviting reflection on the foundress of the Sisters of Mercy Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. The remarkable growth of her early groups of women, serving the poor, establishing schools and hospitals all over the world, and inviting a personal spirituality that is more than relevant todaythese are the focus and invitation of this booklet. Reading it, you are invited to engage the realities o...

Keine Beschreibung.

Invite these poems to companion your heart and let them stretch your soul. Brenda's spare, simple words say big things. In this very intimate collection we are offered messages of life's mysteries in a language as clear as any fine spiritual direction. Throbbing through the poems is her Celtic sensibility, offered in the calm dialect of a sagacious heart bred to thrive in Newfoundland weather. Taken as talismans of transformation, these poems ...

Brenda's collection of poetry is about her inner heart. However, from her "small square of land", she does indeed "wander the world." Because her questions are real and her language precise, it is not only her own inner heart that is revealed. Rather she seems to touch into our collective human heart also. The language draws us in, the images are intriguing, the poetry is warm. A Shadow of Bells does indeed echo so much of our common human exp...