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David Whyte: Live to the Point of Tears—Excerpt from the DVD “Live in San Francisco”

By David Whyte — 2009

Poet/Philosopher David Whyte arrives in San Francisco to speak at the historic Herbst Theater. In this engaging talk, David explores our ability to imagine what pulls us toward a far horizon, and shows how a close attention to the poet’s voice can help us, in turn, to discern our own.

02:46 min

Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

Classics of English poetry, alternately describing childhood states of innocence and their inevitable ensnarement in a corrupt and repressive world. Contains the full texts of all the poems in the original 1794 edition of both collections.

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The Soul Is Here for Its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures

Robert Bly's ground-breaking anthology of spiritual poems, the result of over a decade of personal research, celebrates the ongoing role of the divine in literature.

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Poetry