Robertson Work

Earthling Love

Living Poems

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

I have been driven to poetry to express deep emotions, to honor loved ones, and to express radical aliveness in a fleeting moment. And, I have been called by the poetic arts as a way to share my personal observations, reflections, stories, and decisions. Now in 2020, I am sharing these poems now because they are part of how I stay sane and happy and in touch with what is beautiful, energizing, and meaningful, as I try to create a better world. May they touch your mind and heart as well. The poems are arranged in two collections: poems celebrating Earth and humanity; and poems commemorating family and self. The poems celebrating Earth remind us of the vast universe, galaxy, and solar system of which we are part. They celebrate the precious gift of being a member of the Earth community. They call us to care for the Earth as loyal Earthlings. They paint a vision of an exquisite mountain, a mighty river, a blue sky, ducks, and trees. The poems celebrating humanity remind us that there is one human race with a rich diversity of wisdom, behaviors, cultures, and social systems. The poems commemorating family honor a grandparent, wife, children, and grandchildren. They grieve the death of a spouse with sorrow and honesty. They urge onward the young. They express excitement and gratitude for new love. And, the poems commemorating being one small Earthling share some wisdom of letting go, paying attention, kindness, and vowing to be happy. I wrote the eighty-two poems in this book during fifty-five years, from twenty to seventy-five years of age, 1965 to 2020. Major themes include: wisdom, the ultimate, love of family, death and grief, falling in love, the beauty of the Hudson River, and contemplation of planet Earth. Other themes include: war and peace, mystery, dialogue, life, love, pilgrimages, the cosmos, dance, and social artistry. They were written to be read aloud. I love the sound of the words, the alliterations, the word plays, the repetitions, the surprises, the drama of it all. May the poems in this book be of service to you

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Compassionate Civilization Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 251g
• ISBN-13: 9780578711256
• ISBN-10: 0578711257
• Artikelnr.: 59872583

Autorenporträt

Moorman Robertson Work, Jr. has worked in international development for over fifty years in over fifty countries. Recently, for ten years, he was a UN consultant, conference speaker, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service adjunct professor of innovative leadership, Fulbright Senior Specialist assisting universities overseas, and Fellow of the NYU Wagner Research Center for Leadership in Action. He is now a nonfiction author, and ecosystems/ justice activist. This is his fourth book with contributions made to eleven others. Previously, he was United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) deputy director of democratic governance, and principal policy adviser of decentralized governance for sixteen years at UN headquarters in New York. While with UNDP, he designed and coordinated the Local Initiative Facility for Urban Environment (LIFE) operating in twenty countries and another global program, Decentralizing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through Innovative Leadership. He also coordinated a global community of practice on decentralized governance, provided policy advice to countries worldwide, conducted research and prepared global policy papers. Prior to UNDP, Robertson served in Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Jamaica, Texas/Oklahoma, and Venezuela for twenty-one years as country and regional director with the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA), an international NGO with UN Economic and Social Council Consultative status. His work of human development has consisted of the design and implementation of research, training and demonstration projects in leadership, organizational, and community development, rural and urban development, NGO and project management, policy formulation and advice and group facilitation. Work has written widely on decentralization and local governance, urban and rural development, poverty eradication and environmental improvement, the role of civil society in governance and development, capacity development and participatory methods. In addition to NYU, he has taught at the University of the West Indies, University of Aruba, Antioch University Graduate School of Whole System Design, the ICA Global Academy, and the Social Artistry School. He conducted his graduate studies at Indiana University and Chicago Theological Seminary and undergraduate studies at Oklahoma State University, which honored him in 2003 with its Distinguished Alumnus Award. He and his wife live in Swannanoa, North Carolina, near family, friends, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the Great Smoky Mountains. He continues to believe that an ecological-compassionate community, nation, and world are necessary and possible to create. He may be contacted at [e-mail]. His blogsite is at: https://compassionatecivilization.blogspot.com