Results for "Lenfestey, James P."

Born and raised with the kind of expectations that often accompany privilege, Jim Lenfestey approached his thirtieth birthday in a state of acute anxiety. A young family and a demanding work life on one hand, and a burgeoning love for poetry on the other. When an independent bookseller discerns Len... Read More about Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain

Born and raised with the kind of expectations that often accompany privilege, Jim Lenfestey approached his thirtieth birthday in a state of acute anxiety. A young family and a demanding work life on one hand, and a burgeoning love for poetry on the other. When an independent bookseller discerns Len... Read More about Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain

From James P. Lenfestey, a collection of poems that lends delicacy and gentle humor to durable, long-lasting love. Writing love poems fifty years into a marriage is no easy task: If he exaggerates his love, she'll know . . . And if his desire for her is undiminished, / who would believe? But in A Ma... Read More about A Marriage Book: Poems

"These aren't translations of Han-Shan's poems; they're transmissions of his spirit "--Eric Utne, founder of Utne Reader "I love this book "--Jim Moore In 1974, author James P. Lenfestey came upon the book Cold Mountain: 100 Poems of the T'ang Dynasty Poet Han-Shan, translated by Burton Watson, and ... Read More about A Cartload of Scrolls: 100 Poems in the Manner of t'Ang Dynasty Poet Han-Shan

Collection of poems about Mackinac Island, the poet's relationship with the island and its people.... Read More about East Bluff: Mackinac Poems Old & New