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The Nature of Music: Poems and Photographs ReviewI have exhaled old stars,
atoms of lovers entwined
in my marrow, good stories
and bad news.
Thus begins Carol Aronof's poem, Breathing, which like most of her poems explores the mysterious connections between human beings, nature, and worlds beyond the veil. There is nothing occasional or haphazard about her agenda, her method. Her poems and photographs are integral parts of a grand whole, so that one can start anywhere in this book, read in any direction, and feel right at home in the company of a generous spiritual mentor and companion.
Aronof's poetry and photographs are rare gifts. She writes with striking sensual clarity and a sensitivity to the natural world that reminds one of Mary Oliver and Emily Dickinson. She is fearless and compassionate, an unforgettable yogini or tantric priestess among us.
For this reason alone it may take some time for this poet to find her audience. Those who pay attention to poetry today are conditioned to accept much less intensity and engagement in verse. Occasional poems, meandering poems, word game poems, poems written for the approval of small, select audiences garner most of what little attention poetry receives. Aronof is light years beyond these games.
In a way, it's a shame. It's a shame because her poems are so timely yet timeless, so uplifting and deeply spiritual. They are the poems we need now, more than ever. Experiencing them inspires profound connections to our world and our own spiritual practice. They surprise, challenge, delight, and reassure us. They deliver us to a condition where "Resting/in the ground of being, deathless peace prevails."
Aronoff's exquisite photographs, which accompany each poem, brilliantly reinforce this message and add visual imagery that calms and focuses the mind. I cannot think of a more profound and successful integration of text and photography. Aronoff's eye and ear and heart are unique and brilliant. If it were in my power, I would make this collection required reading for politicians everywhere, who are so bereft of spirituality and integrity.
Integrity is the word, the condition, buttressing Aronoff's twin projects of poetry and photography. It's a word the world nods to yet seems to divorce so easily from daily conduct. This poet's fierce defense of it reminds us that all of us are still capable of living as if guided by integrity in everything we say and do.
No one questions my appearance
on the lip of trumpet vine; for once
I'm no imposter nor dream catcher
in someone else's dream.
What more can we ask of poetry? Of living? Be good to yourself and read this book, then give a copy to everyone you care about. Each poem and each photograph will lead you to an experience that is perhaps best described as blossoming.
--Robert McDowell, The Poetry Mentor (www.robertmcdowell.net), author of POETRY AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE (July 15th, 2008), from Free Press.The Nature of Music: Poems and Photographs OverviewAronoff's poetry and photographs are rare gifts. She writes with striking sensual clarity and a sensitivity to the natural world that reminds one of Mary Oliver and Emily Dickinson. She is fearless and compassionate, an unforgettable yogini among us....Her poems are so timely yet timeless, so uplifting and deeply spiritual. They are the poems we need now, more than ever. Experiencing them inspires profound connections to our world and our own spiritual practice. They surprise, challenge, delight, and reassure us. They deliver us to a condition where "Resting/in the ground of being, deathless peace prevails."...What more can we ask of poetry? Of living? Be good to yourself and read this book, then give a copy to everyone you care about. Each poem and each photograph will lead you to an experience that is perhaps best described as blossoming.Robert McDowell, from the ForewordISBN: 1-57733-170-2Endorsements"Carol Aronoff's poetry, so rich in spirituality and imagery, awakens us to the certain knowledge that we must view both earth and sky as benediction. Each poem, each photograph, is transcendent." Andrea L. Watson, Braided Lives: A Collaboration Between Artists and Poets"There is a 'yearning for connection' in Aronoff's poems, a spiritual bond she readily detects in the natural world, be it a Hawaiian sunset, winter light, or 'a simple/ yellow flower.' She has a true reverence for nature, a conviction that nothing exists without a connection to everything else, much like the strand of beads she writes about in 'Prayer.' In fact, her poems are prayers, small supplications to the world that could be, if only we would let it." Scott Wiggerman, author of Vegetables and Other Relationships"Carol Aronoff's fine photographs offer us the splendor of our natural world and her poems are filled with wise advice and timeless truths." Ellen Bass, author of Mules of Love"The rhythms and patterns of nature's own music fill this book. Diurnal, nocturnal, seasonal, animal, humanely quizzical - these poems and photographs create a world we as readers want to participate in, and can be altered by. Aronoff knows that good poems do not flinch at paradox and deep mystery, but embody them, and hers do. Her poems invite the daily ritual of reading poems as 'offerings to energy and order,' as they also ask us to pay attention, to hear the innate and subtle music that is our sensory earth." Laurie Kutchins, author of The Night Path

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