Songs for Coming Home

I never thought I liked poetry until I heard a poem read and written by David Whyte. His poetry is an invitation to enter into yourself. For example in The Opening Of Eyes Mr. Whyte compares life to "the opening of eyes long closed." Some of his work is very inspirational. This review is by Ramiel Nagel author of Healing Our Children: Because Your New Baby Matters! Sacred Wisdom for Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting (ages 0-6) & Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition

The first volume of poetry produced by David Whyte, this is a book I discovered only after reading his later work. It is fascinating and instructive to see the man at the beginning of his apprenticeship, already possessing the clear vision and understated articulation in these pages that underlies his later bigger narrative poems. Many of the pieces are tight almost ritualistic exercises in attention and presence. Horses Moving on the Snow, Light Over Water. Sound Over Water. The eye and the ear refreshed and steadied by reading them at one and the same time. In the Opening of Eyes you find a glimpse of his future style, that clear imagery beginning to be wedded to insight. An economical, understated, unprepossessing little jewel of a book.