Sometimes

David Whyte

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ISBN 10: 1932887245 ISBN 13: 9781932887242

Publisher: Many Rivers Press, 2011

Internationally acclaimed poet and author David Whyte and celebrated film score composer Jeff Rona collaborate to take listeners on a poetic and auditory passage through the thresholds of understanding that mark the seasons of a human life. The constellation of meditative poems and haunting musical accompaniments echo themes of faith, courage, exile and homecoming, including "Everything is Waiting for You," an evocative and imaginative tribute to the way ordinary objects call us to belong to a larger world. With a poignant blessing to a young daughter and an admonition to begin each journey with the ground beneath our feet, "Sometimes" is a moving invitation to participate more fully in the deep current of existence.

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About the Author:

Poet David Whyte grew up with a strong, imaginative influence from his Irish mother among the hills and valleys of his father's Yorkshire. He now makes his home, with his family, in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
The author of seven books of poetry and three books of prose, David Whyte holds a degree in Marine Zoology and has traveled extensively, including living and working as a naturalist guide in the Galapagos Islands and leading anthropological and natural history expeditions in the Andes, the Amazon and the Himalaya. He brings this wealth of experience to his poetry, lectures and workshops.
His life as a poet has created a readership and listenership in three normally mutually exclusive areas: the literate world of readings that most poets inhabit, the psychological and theological worlds of philosophical enquiry and the world of vocation, work and organizational leadership.
An Associate Fellow at Templeton College and Said Business School at the University of Oxford, he is one of the few poets to take his perspectives on creativity into the field of organizational development, where he works with many European, American and international companies. In spring of 2008 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Neumann College, Pennsylvania.
In organizational settings, using poetry and thoughtful commentary, he illustrates how we can foster qualities of courage and engagement; qualities needed if we are to respond to today s call for increased creativity and adaptability in the workplace. He brings a unique and important contribution to our understanding of the nature of individual and organizational change particularly through his perspectives on Conversational Leadership.

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