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Beso the Donkey - Softcover

Jarrette, Richard

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9780870139796: Beso the Donkey
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0870139797 ISBN 13: 9780870139796
Publisher: Michigan State University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Beso the Donkey is a poetry cycle about a wounded, neglected, and abandoned jackass. In sparklingly clear and luminous poems, Richard Jarrette tells the story of Beso and of his caregiver's attempts to understand and heal him—an endeavor that teaches the man much about the meaning of life, death, peace, and acceptance. With undertones of Buddhist, Christian, Taoist, and Islamic faiths, Beso the Donkey incorporates elements of philosophy, ethics, religion, and morality.
As the book progresses, we sense the poet’s growing acceptance of life’s passing. Along with the author, we feel a deeper peace blossoming as Beso’s life is ending (which is itself a beginning). This is a lyrical story of loss and acceptance.

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About the Author

Richard Jarrette has published several poems in Blind Donkey, the journal of Honolulu Diamond Sangha, and has written a screenplay, Better Stuff. He is also a working psychotherapist.

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Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0870139797
ISBN 13 
9780870139796
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
97
Rating
  • 4.69 out of 5 stars
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