Don Langford’s poetry is inseparable from self exploration. Here, the poet examines impermanence, patience, and interconnectedness with a seeker’s longing for equanimity and meaning. With keen observations and strands of wit and humor, In the Light of the Full Moon is a meditation on finding one’s way in the present world. A poet’s sense of wonder permeates these poems, as does a deep sense of gratitude for the special place we occupy in the long human lineage spanning thousands of generations.
Table of Content
Contents
Part I: Dispersions
The Landlord Next Door 3
The Monorail 4
Seismic Vertical 5
Singing in the Key of Z 7
The Pact 9
On Visiting a Friend at the Camarillo Mental Institution 10
[plus more]
Part II: Glimpses
Perseverance Furthers 35
Triptych 36
In Amber 38
No Beginning 40
Autumn 42
Beneath It All 43
Chuang Tzu and the Culture of Appropriate Suffering 45
Sand Painting 46
The Mad Monk of the Mountain 48
Yellow Potted Flower 49
Setting Out 50
Listening to the Wind 51
Looking Seaward 53
What the Dolphins Taught Me 54
The Great Detachment 55
Language Arising from the Sea 57
We Hear You Now, Victor Jara 58
Riding the Fiction 59
Graffiti Art 61
[plus more]
Part III: Reflections
Where Are the Crows? 79
Cultivating the Art of Wonder 80
Rock Art Impermanence 81
Sirens and Muses 83
A Time for Letting Go 85
In the Cave of Habit 87
A Day in Oraibi 90
Colonized in Paradise 92
Cultivating Serendipity 94
In the Light of the Full Moon (Reprise) 97
Descending 98
Resuming the Search 99
Future in the Present 100
Meeting the Deep Past in Burro Creek 101
About the Author 103
About the author
Don Langford was born in Ontario, Canada, and grew up in Southern California. He received his BA in English from Oregon State University where he was the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Award and the winner of the first Roger Weaver Poetry Prize at Oregon State. He earned a doctorate in English from The Ohio State University after completing his dissertation entitled The Primacy of Place in Gary Snyder’s Ecological Vision. His poem ‘Vivid Dreams, Antarctica’ was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and he has published poems in several literary magazines. After teaching for more than 25 years in the English Department at The Ohio State University, he now devotes his time to writing poetry and traveling full-time with his wife, Marlene, in their RV. For more information about Don Langford and books published by D S Langford Publishing, go to https://dslangfordpublishing.com.
More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
101,136 Ebooks in this category
