John Brehm Books

Discover how to engage with poetry to support your spiritual practice, leading to more mindfulness, equanimity, and joy.In The Dharma of Poetry , John Brehm shows how poems can open up new ways of thinking, feeling, and being in the world. Brehm demonstrates the practice of mindfully entering a poem, with an alertness, curiosity, and open-hearted responsiveness very much like the attention we cultivate in meditation.Complete with poetry-related meditations and writing prompts, this collection of lively, elegantly written essays can be read as a standalone book, or as a companion to the author’s acclaimed anthology, The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy .

The collection explores a spiritual journey marked by themes of loneliness, nostalgia, and the grace of living in the present. Drawing from Buddhist practices, Brehm's poems blend humor with profound insights, inviting readers to reflect on impermanence and the complexities of memory and emotion. With a balance of playfulness and heartfelt openness, the work illuminates the human experience, encouraging both enjoyment of the moment and deeper contemplation of life's transient nature.

A new volume of original poetry from the bestselling creator of Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy. In Dharma Talk, award-winning poet John Brehm explores the perennial themes of aging, compassion, emptiness, nonseparation, and more. At once poignant and humorous, Brehm’s gentle, wry poems remind us that the personal and the universal are not different—and point us to the Dharma of everyday life.