Waymarks

By James Thornton

Category: All Books, Poetry

Formats available: Paperback, Ebook

Pages: 105

Publication date: 27/06/22

ISBN-13: 9781909954519

ISBN-10: 1909954519

Waymarks tracks one man through significant encounters with the natural world, around the globe. 

An Ethiopian lake, an Australian rainforest, an American desert, an English beach: the stage keeps changing, but the intent stays the same. A poet enters a deep dialogue with birds, animals, people, plants, seas, and all the forces that threaten and churn this mix of life.

James Thornton is a zen priest, and Waymarks sits alongside other classics of metaphysical writing in which poets bare their soul. Teachings from great figures along the way permeate the collection: a West Coast poet, a Japanese Zen Master, a spiritual leader, and the Dalai Lama.

‘Waymarks is a beautiful collection of poems which act as a bridge between human spirit and the spirit of nature. These poems are elegant, simple and profound. When I read these poems I feel uplifted and inspired. They touch my heart and move my spirit. James Thornton is a poet of deep wisdom and love!’Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus, Resurgence & Ecologist and Founder of Schumacher College

‘These poems are wonderful! They sing with passion and integrity, and make clear why James Thornton is such a vital ambassador and guardian of the planet’Baroness Rosie Boycott

Reviews

These poems are wonderful! They sing with passion and integrity, and make clear why James Thornton is such a vital ambassador and guardian of the planet.

- Baroness Rosie Boycott

Waymarks is a beautiful collection of poems which act as a bridge between human spirit and the spirit of nature. These poems are elegant, simple and profound. When I read these poems I feel uplifted and inspired. They touch my heart and move my spirit. James Thornton is a poet of deep wisdom and love!

- Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus, Resurgence & Ecologist and Founder of Schumacher College

James Thornton

“James Thornton is an environmental hero of the highest order. James’s extraordinary book Nature, My Teacher is captivating, mesmerising, and manages to capture so beautifully our true relationship with the natural world. This is a hugely important book.” –  Ben Goldsmith, author of God is an Octopus “James Thornton speaks as both a poet who has colonised science and a scientist who speaks a poetic tongue.” – E.O. Wilson ‘One of ten people who could change the world’ – The New Statesman Born in Douglaston, New York, James’s life had …

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