Poems from the Wilderness
Jack Mayer
Wilderness inspired poems composed on the trail by an American doctor/poet, sharing his love of the backcountry, trail-walking, camping, and the “wilderness effect,” a unique sensation of aliveness and deep connection. Mayer’s poetry explores our human experience of the natural world, our intimate and mysterious connections to flora and fauna. It proclaims the opportunity that walking mindfully in the wilderness offers to experience the divine. The uniqueness and intensity of these musings lead his poems to attempt reconciliation of our lived experience with physics, spirit, and music, the latter manifested in his experience of singing to the dying; the wisdom of nature rendered in music and consolation. A few poems are inspired by Mayer’s medical practice. Some spring from his ordinary life and reflections on his childhood and family, which have followed him into the woods.
“Ever since Emerson sent American poets into the woods to discover their souls, the connections between language and spirit have been steadily forged on this continent. Jack Mayer is a writer I've long admired, and in these bright, sensuous, deeply reflective poems we encounter a wilderness that exists on many levels: the Vermont trails that he loves, walks and dreams, and the contours of his own expansive spirit. I read these poems with increasing pleasure, and plan to return to them again and again. Mayer is a fine, fresh voice in American poetry.” —Jay Parini, author of New and Collected Poems, 1975-2015
“These poems...recall such earlier wilderness poets as Han Shan and Gary Snyder. Like those ancestors’ dispatches from the heights, they combine reflections on time and reality with the glow of physical exertion in the open air. Mayer’s humor also bubbles up in ways that make his voice a distinctive and delightful addition to this lineage.”—John Elder, author of Reading the Mountains of Home
Duration - 1h 52m.
Author - Jack Mayer.
Narrator - Jack Mayer.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2020 Proverse Hong Kong ©.
Location:
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Description:
Wilderness inspired poems composed on the trail by an American doctor/poet, sharing his love of the backcountry, trail-walking, camping, and the “wilderness effect,” a unique sensation of aliveness and deep connection. Mayer’s poetry explores our human experience of the natural world, our intimate and mysterious connections to flora and fauna. It proclaims the opportunity that walking mindfully in the wilderness offers to experience the divine. The uniqueness and intensity of these musings lead his poems to attempt reconciliation of our lived experience with physics, spirit, and music, the latter manifested in his experience of singing to the dying; the wisdom of nature rendered in music and consolation. A few poems are inspired by Mayer’s medical practice. Some spring from his ordinary life and reflections on his childhood and family, which have followed him into the woods. “Ever since Emerson sent American poets into the woods to discover their souls, the connections between language and spirit have been steadily forged on this continent. Jack Mayer is a writer I've long admired, and in these bright, sensuous, deeply reflective poems we encounter a wilderness that exists on many levels: the Vermont trails that he loves, walks and dreams, and the contours of his own expansive spirit. I read these poems with increasing pleasure, and plan to return to them again and again. Mayer is a fine, fresh voice in American poetry.” —Jay Parini, author of New and Collected Poems, 1975-2015 “These poems...recall such earlier wilderness poets as Han Shan and Gary Snyder. Like those ancestors’ dispatches from the heights, they combine reflections on time and reality with the glow of physical exertion in the open air. Mayer’s humor also bubbles up in ways that make his voice a distinctive and delightful addition to this lineage.”—John Elder, author of Reading the Mountains of Home Duration - 1h 52m. Author - Jack Mayer. Narrator - Jack Mayer. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2020 Proverse Hong Kong ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:12
About the Book
Duration:00:01:31
About the Poet
Duration:00:02:44
Book title
Duration:00:00:16
An Expression of Gratitude
Duration:00:01:10
Author's Introduction
Duration:00:02:29
Dedication
Duration:00:00:08
FOREST
Duration:00:00:07
1. A Boy is Missing
Duration:00:01:37
2. Autumn / M.C. Escher
Duration:00:01:14
3. Anomaly: That which cannot be named
Duration:00:01:46
4. Boundaries: 1. Otter Creek
Duration:00:01:14
5. Boundaries: II Mount Abe
Duration:00:01:08
6. Confusion
Duration:00:00:39
7. Incarnation
Duration:00:01:31
8. Desire
Duration:00:02:00
9. The Library
Duration:00:03:05
10. Adagio
Duration:00:01:35
11. Camperized
Duration:00:01:56
12. Five Days on the Trail: I. Woodpecker
Duration:00:01:21
13. Five Days on the Trail: II. Tricks
Duration:00:01:31
14. Five Days on the Trail: III. Truckin
Duration:00:00:17
15. Five Days on the Trail: IV. Communion
Duration:00:00:42
16. After Life
Duration:00:01:34
17. Mist on Mount Abe
Duration:00:01:33
18. Chiaroscuro
Duration:00:01:24
19. Contentment—a quality
Duration:00:01:26
20. Gratitude
Duration:00:01:51
TRAIL
Duration:00:00:02
21. Maps
Duration:00:01:18
22. in Memoriam / SVEA Camp Stove
Duration:00:01:58
23. Boots
Duration:00:00:55
24. The High Life
Duration:00:01:24
25. Erratic
Duration:00:00:47
26. Backpack
Duration:00:01:50
27. Shooting Star
Duration:00:01:13
28. Trail Names
Duration:00:01:38
29. The River That Finds You
Duration:00:01:25
30. Bread Loaf Wilderness
Duration:00:00:55
31. Long Trail Bar Mitzvah
Duration:00:01:48
32. The Things We Notice
Duration:00:01:20
33. True North
Duration:00:02:05
34. Whistle-Stop Cafe
Duration:00:01:27
PHYSICS
Duration:00:00:03
35. Einstein Doubted That God Rolled Dice
Duration:00:00:40
36. Grand Union
Duration:00:02:29
37. Empty Space -- Dark Matter
Duration:00:02:47
38. The God Particle
Duration:00:02:15
39. Fractals on Camel's Hump
Duration:00:01:06
40. Umbilical Wormhole
Duration:00:00:56
41. Unraveling
Duration:00:01:19
42. Underground River
Duration:00:00:48
43. Coral Orbits
Duration:00:01:17
44. Two Creation Myths
Duration:00:03:12
SPIRIT
Duration:00:00:02
45. I Am a God to the Birds
Duration:00:01:21
46. "A Stubbornly Persistent IIlusion"
Duration:00:02:07
47. Ellie's Second Baby
Duration:00:01:50
48. Blood
Duration:00:01:44
49. Prayer Flags
Duration:00:01:33
50. Suspended Animation
Duration:00:01:32
51. Early Fall -- In Memoriam -- 9 /11
Duration:00:02:31
52. The Sacred is Ordinary
Duration:00:01:41
53. Receive What is Offered
Duration:00:01:21
54. Locked Rooms
Duration:00:01:47
55. Mosquito
Duration:00:01:05
56. Northwest Wind
Duration:00:02:14
57. Longing
Duration:00:02:03
58. The Brink
Duration:00:01:31
MUSIC
Duration:00:00:03
59. Psalm 23 / Hospice Volunteer
Duration:00:02:09
60. Singing Over
Duration:00:01:15
61. Spring Chorale
Duration:00:01:51
Author's notes on the poems
Duration:00:02:34
Advance Response: Vaughan Rapatahana
Duration:00:01:13
Advance Response: Ahmed Elbeshlawy
Duration:00:01:41
Advance Response: John Elder
Duration:00:00:56
Advance Response: Jay Parini
Duration:00:01:12
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:24