Synopses & Reviews
What is peace? We value it so highly but find it so difficult to define, recognize, or grasp. Is it something that is given to us? Do we make it anew each day, like bread? Can we start where we are? Does it have anything to do with our lives and how we think, or is it about the politics of nations? One hundred forty poems teach, inspire, and awaken us to the meaning of peace. Includes work by Naomi Shihab Nye, Judy Chicago, Arthur Sze, Margaret Randall, Joy Harjo, Jane Hirshfield, Ruth Stone, Thomas Fitzsimmons, and many others.
Review
What good will words do in the face of cultural and racial strife? What good are words in the face of political oppression or personal depression? Clearly the right words can make a difference for peace, just as the wrong words can cause wars If every world leader read daily just a few poems such as the one in The Practice of Peace I have no doubt the world would soon see more peace. (Jim Earley, Las Cruces Sun-News)
Review
This book sparks a spiritual flame in readers, asking us to reflect on the meaning of peace in our own lives and in the world around usshould be required reading in public schools, government offices, and peace-loving and war-torn countries around the world. (New Mexico Magazine, v.76,#12, Dec. 1998)