Ten Poems for Difficult Times

Ten Poems for Difficult Times - Paperback

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Ten Poems for Difficult Times - Paperback

Ten Poems for Difficult Times - Paperback

by Roger Housden
$17.95
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Book Overview

A beautiful new addition to a bestselling poetry anthology series that guides readers in dark times, both personal and societal

For decades, Roger Housden has curated poetry collections that offer solace, strength, and perspective when they're needed most. In this powerful volume, he brings together poems that speak directly to the human experience of suffering -- reminding us that we are not alone in our grief, our fear, or our uncertainty.

Housden reflects on each poem in ways that gently guide us toward clarity and comfort. These are not poems that avoid the truth -- Jack Gilbert reminds us there is "sorrow everywhere," and Maggie Smith observes that "the world is at least fifty percent terrible" -- yet within these lines are glimmers of resilience, beauty, and even joy.

This is poetry as a lifeline, transforming pain into perseverance, despair into meaning, and heartbreak into healing.

Ten Poems for Difficult Times

"Good Bones" by Maggie Smith
"The Thing Is" by Ellen Bass
"The Quarrel" by Conrad Aiken
"Cutting Loose" by William Stafford
"Rain Light" by W. S. Merwin
"How the Light Comes" by Jan Richardson
"Now You Know the Worst" by Wendell Berry
"A Brief for the Defense" by Jack Gilbert
"It's This Way" by Nazim Hikmet
"Annunciation" by Marie Howe

ISBN9781955831215
Author Roger Housden
PublisherNew World Library
GenreSelf-help & personal development and Literature
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages136
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Ten Poems for Difficult Times - Paperback

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By Roger Housden

About Roger Housden

Roger Housden is the author of seventeen books including the Ten Poems series, as well as Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living, Dancing with Joy, Risking Everything, How Rembrandt Reveals Your Beautiful, Imperfect Self, Chasing Rumi, and Sacred Journeys in a Modern World. Housden is a respected lecturer who presents in both the private and corporate arenas on the transformational power of poetry and living a life of meaning. His work has been featured many times in O, The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. He has written feature articles for The Guardian newspaper and has been an interviewer for BBC radio. Roger resides in Marin County, California.

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