James A. Pearson

Wow, thank you for inviting my poem into your work, Elizabeth! That means a lot ❤️

Thanks Rachel :)

The Wilderness That Bears Your Name - James A. Pearson Order through your local bookstore or buy directly here: (If you want to order 10 or more copies, get in touch for bulk pricing.) The poems in this book walk with you through cold seasons of loss and ...

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A photo of a page in a poetry book with a poem titled "How to Build a Tree." The poem reads: Sometimes your next halting step is more powerful than the grandest vision. ​ All a leaf knows about building a tree is to turn towards the light.

"How to Build a Tree" from my book, The Wilderness That Bears Your Name.

Sometimes your next
halting step
is more powerful
than the grandest vision.
​
All a leaf knows
about building a tree
is to turn towards the light.

The Wilderness That Bears Your Name - James A. Pearson Order from your local bookstore or buy directly here: (If you want to order 10 or more copies, get in touch for bulk pricing.) The poems in this book walk with you through cold seasons of loss and los...

From my poetry book, The Wilderness That Bears Your Name.

Check it out here:

jamesapearson.com/wilderness-b...

"This Spring"

The Wilderness That Bears Your Name - James A. Pearson The poems in this book walk with you through cold seasons of loss and lostness, and out into new summers of belonging. Through it all they offer a gentle faith: “…that there is more in youlonging to b...

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My poem "Standing Invitation" from my poetry collection, The Wilderness That Bears Your Name.

Come home to
this body. It's living
your life.

Thank you 🥲

Download "Spring in the Belly" - James A. Pearson Touch into the tender, hopeful moment of Imbolc as we move from the season of steady darkness to the season of growing light. I wrote this last year as the preface to my poetry collection. It really s...

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Turns out a lot of people resonated with that uncertain journey towards spring. So I wanted to share that preface with you as a way to open into this season.

I turned it into a PDF called "Spring in the Belly."

I wrote about it in the preface to my poetry book. Then as soon as I published it I started getting messages like this one:

"I just finished the preface and I'm already crying."

It's the middle point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, the moment when we move from the season of steady darkness to the season of growing light.

Last year at this time I was feeling this season profoundly.

This weekend marks one of the great turning points of the year.

But one that's often missed.

In the chaos of this country, I’m grateful for Poets and poetry.
Today’s poem is from James A Pearson.

Wow, thank you Noreen!

Me—a 42-year-old man with glasses—smiling and holding a copy of my poetry book, The Wilderness That Bears Your Name.

“All I Mean” from my poetry collection, The Wilderness That Bears Your Name.

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"There are a thousand
wounds but all I mean
by healing is this:

that you learn to hold yourself
in exactly the way
you were never held."