From Poetic Matrix Press

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Advance Praise for Realization Point:

A rich volume of poetry about life's flourishing.

    --Roshi Joan Halifax, Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and author of several volumes including Being with Dying, The Fruitful Darkness, and Shamanic Voices.  She is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center, a Buddhist monastery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

I especially enjoy the tone of his poems, the union of voice with the details and individual lives of his surroundings.  Hoffman's language and his close observation of the day, the night, and the moment become one in his work, along with his gratitude for each aspect of the living world and his presence within it.

    --Pattiann Rogers, author of 12 books, most recently Wayfare (Penguin Poets, 2008) and Firekeeper, Expanded and Revised Edition (Milkweed, 2005).

Chris Hoffman's poems speak with a clear meditative voice that bridges the gap between our human lives and the healing spirit of nature

    --Joseph Bruchac, author of more than 70 books of poetry and prose including the best selling Keepers of the Earth series.

Chris Hoffman has distilled fierce and ineffable magic into these pages, with ancient wisdom and power in which we readers are blessed to share.  I wept at my first and my second readings; my heart was thrilled and inspired.  Pick up Chris Hoffman's new book very quickly, as it will lead you to unforeseen heights of joy and wonder.

    --Francesca Ciancimino Howell, author of Making Magic with Gaia: Practices to Heal Ourselves and Our Planet.

His poems immerse us in the wonder of nature, leading us gently into communion with rock, animal, and spirit.  He speaks of relationship with such awe and gratitude that our tears of yearning become loving affirmations of the sacredness of all things.

    --Stephen Jones, author of The Last Prairie: a Sandhills Journal and Peterson Field Guide to the North American Prairie.

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