Red Hawk, een toegewijde beoefenaar van zelfobservatie gedurende meer dan drie decennia, duikt met diepe introspectie in de innerlijke landschappen van zijn poëzie. Zijn creatieve reis wordt gevormd door uitgebreid onderzoek onder leiding van diverse spirituele leraren en meditatiemasters, wat leidt tot een diepgaand zelfinzicht. Deze innerlijke verkenning doordringt zijn poëtische werken, waarin hij met gevoeligheid de subtiele nuances van de menselijke ervaring vastlegt. Gepubliceerd in vooraanstaande literaire tijdschriften, onthullen zijn geschriften een unieke stem die resoneert met oprechtheid en spirituele diepgang.
In this collection of ninety new poems, Red Hawk touches raw nerves in a spectrum of vital subjects -- from children, nature and family, to God, politics and death. Whether he is telling a funny story about himself, or indicting Western civilization, from its blindness and cruelty, Red Hawk's words are always precise, often ruthless, and ultimately compassionate. Unlike so many contemporary poets whose work is lost on the ordinary reader, Red Hawk's poetry is written for everyone.
A savoury new collection nominated for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize in Literature. An impressive sequel to his previous work which was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. A reviewer once described Red Hawk's poetry as "having that rarest of all virtues: a sense of civilization." Another said that his "poems are so exquisite, they seem almost to have been translated from an alien tongue." Nowhere is that talent more on display than here, in his third book of poems.
Set against a backdrop of moral decay, the narrative explores the complexities of human behavior and societal norms. It delves into the lives of characters grappling with ethical dilemmas and the consequences of their choices in a world that often blurs the lines between right and wrong. Through their journeys, the book challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about morality and the human condition, prompting reflection on the values that define our age.
Red Hawk's poetry has long been acclaimed by his fellow poets, Pulitzer Prize winners and National Book Award Finalists, for its gutsy honesty, plain language, and consummate skill.Never is that poetic skill in rendering the truth more evident than in this, his fifth book of poetry. It has some of his best poems ever, including a group of sonnets on which he's been working for thirty years. Now, in the words of Miller Williams and Coleman Barks, Red Hawk is the only American poet doing groundbreaking, award worthy work in the sonnet form popularized by Robert Frost and William Shakespeare.
Fourteen-year-old Tommy is a troublemaker, but he’s basically got a good heart, in spite of the awful circumstances of his home life. When his mother abandons him, he is sent to foster care, where he must learn to fend for himself. Then he meets Daquan, and the two young men form an instant bond based on their shared hardships. Together they try to navigate life without a parent’s guidance and avoid the darker elements of the dirty streets of Boston. When Tommy’s mother re-enters his life, he sees a way back to the stable family life he desires. Determined, he sets out to do whatever it takes to make a home with his mother. With the help of Daquan, will Tommy be able to stay out of trouble long enough to make it home?
This book is an in-depth examination of the much needed process of 'self'-study known as self observation. We live in an age where the "attention function" in the brain has been badly damaged by TV and computers - up to 90 percent of the public under age 35 suffers from attention-deficit disorder! This book offers the most direct, non-pharmaceutical means of healing attention dysfunction. The methods presented here are capable of restoring attention to a fully functional and powerful tool for success in life and relationships. This is also an age when humanity has lost its connection with conscience. When humanity has poisoned the Earth's atmosphere, water, air and soil, when cancer is in epidemic proportions and is mainly an environmental illness, the author asks: What is the root cause? And he boldly answers: failure to develop conscience! Self-observation, he asserts, is the most ancient, scientific, and proven means to develop this crucial inner guide to awakening and a moral life. This book is for the lay-reader, both the beginner and the advanced student of self observation. No other book on the market examines this practice in such detail. There are hundreds of books on self-help and meditation, but almost none on self-study via self observation, and none with the depth of analysis, wealth of explication, and richness of experience which this book offers.
Exploring the themes of forgiveness and the impact of the Holocaust, the narrative delves into America's historical context before the atrocities were widely acknowledged. It grapples with the concepts of moving forward, learning from the past, and the complexities of letting go versus forgetting. Through this lens, the author seeks to convey a deeper understanding of trauma and healing.
"With hundreds of books on the market today urging readers to develop mindfulness, pointing to the condition of "awakening" that most religious/philosophical traditions aim toward, this new addition by Red Hawk stands head and shoulders above the crowd. It offers detailed practical guidelines that allow one to know with certainty--not from imagination, theory, thought, or lying--when one is Present and Awake; it details the objective feedback mechanisms available to everyone for attaining this certainty: Am I awake now? How do I know? Sincere readers will find that help in answering these two questions is invaluable and life-changing. Written from the perspective of a practitioner of more than thirty years--one who has studied the significant work of his predecessors, received instruction from two spiritual masters (Osho Rajneesh and Mister Lee Lozowick), and trained rigorously within daily life."-- Amazon