Songs of the Spirit
By Jack Heitner
Dr. Heitner's travels have shown him, first hand, the military, poverty, peace, joy, pain and numerous other human conditions. It is these conditions that he recognizes (many of which we tend to ignore) and shines his light upon. Indeed, this reviewer can only quote from them, in awe.
For instance, in Like a White Flame (To the Homeless), Dr. Heitner writes, “Like a white flame,/ Ah homeless one,/ A Saint of light/ Even at the instant of death/ Will come for you/ From the mountain of the moon./ And, transcending your cardboard house/ In that filthy alley among the fleas and rats,/ Before the cells of your cold-numbed brain/ Have ceased to live,/ His warmth and radiance will surround you./ At last you will know/ That you too are/ warmth and radiance/ love and beauty/ and White flame.”
In his brilliant poem, The Dream , we read, “In this dream that seems so real/ Each day I live my real life,/ And know appearances to pose/ Like faces flashing in a pool./ In this stream that seems to steal/ Each way away my reeling life,/ I stagger under reels of not/ And try to hold the haven't got./ In this steam that seems to steal/ This day my fear of steely strife,/ I wait and hope and sometimes act/ To make some dreaming into fact./ In this real that seems to dream/ Each day my real life is lived;/ I pose appearances to know/ The flashing faces of the known.”
These are but two of the forty-four magnificent works in Songs of the Spirit . This reviewer strongly suggests you get a copy of Dr. Heitner's book. You won't be able to put it down, either.
Richard Fuller
Senior Editor
Pertinent Info:
72 PP, 6 x 9, ISBN 0-9706573-3-1
Cost: $15 (softcover), $35 (hardcover)
Available from the publisher:
Connecticut River Press
91 Holmes Road
Newington, CT 06111
Also available on-line at www.amazon.com
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