Praise for
love letter to the milky way
a book of poems
by Drew Dellinger
with forewords by Thomas Berry and Matthew Fox
"The poetry of Drew Dellinger is in the tradition of Walt Whitman
with his panoramic eroticism but it's amped up even higher with the
electricity from hip hop and the unquenchable passion of a Martin
Luther King Jr., and the cosmic serenity of an Albert Einstein.
When you're in the mood to have a torch put to your soul, Drew's the man."
—Brian Swimme, author of The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos
"These poems are alive, kinetic, wily, as in artful, witty, wonderful
sonic blasts, messengers of transformation. I am grateful for this
young and powerful voice among us."
—Susan Griffin, author of Woman and Nature
"Drew Dellinger has the Gift."
—Richard Tarnas, author of The Passion of the Western Mind
"Drew Dellinger is a national treasure. His poems for global justice
bring light to these leaden times, helping us to see and defend the beauty
of our world. His spoken word performances are exquisite in their intelligence
and artistry: Setting the political challenges we face within the grandeur of
our unfolding universe, they ignite both our wonder and our will."
—Joanna Macy, author of Coming Back to Life
"Drew Dellinger is mystic and prophet calling us to be the same and thus
to be sane...again. He knows the stakes that our species is playing with at
this perilous time in planetary and cultural history."
—from the foreword by Matthew Fox, author of Original Blessing
"There is both grandeur and intimacy in these poems of Drew Dellinger. We are
children of the Milky Way, children of a mythic magical world wonderful beyond our
dreams. Drew Dellinger brings us graciously into these experiences with the quiet
yet insistent rhythms of his verse."
—from the foreword by Thomas Berry, author of The Great Work and The Dream of
the Earth