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Robert Bly



Robert Bly (1926–2021) was an American poet, activist, and leader of the mythopoetic men’s movement. In addition to his vast collection of poetry and translations, he is well known for his anti-war protest efforts, his theories on the roots of social problems, and his efforts to help men reclaim and channel their masculinity in a positive manner.

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The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology

Robert Bly, James Hillman, and Michael Meade challenge the assumptions of our poetry-deprived society in this powerful collection of more than 400 deeply moving poems from renowned artists including Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Theodore Roethke, Rainer Maria Rilke, Marianne...

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Robert Bly, James Hillman, Michael Meade
1993
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A Little Book on the Human Shadow

Robert Bly, renowned poet and author of the ground-breaking bestseller Iron John, mingles essay and verse to explore the Shadow—the dark side of the human personality—and the importance of confronting it.

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Robert Bly
1988
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Robert Bly: To Feel Grandiose and Worthless

Robert Bly explores the contradiction with teachers and attendees of the Minnesota Men's Conference, including thoughts from Robert Moore, Tim Young, and Daniel Deardorff.

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Robert Bly
2016
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FindCenter Quotes ImageReclaiming the sacred in our lives naturally brings us close once more to the wellsprings of poetry.

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Meditations on the Insatiable Soul: Poems

A new collection of poetry encompasses autobiographical works, the relationships between fathers and sons, and unfulfilled longings.

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Robert Bly
1994
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How Poet Robert Bly Unleashed "Iron John" and Started the Drum-Thumping Men’s Movement of the ’90s

An interview with Robert Bly.

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Christian Lorentzen
2016
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180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day

Inspired by Billy Collins’s poem-a-day program for American high schools that he began through the Library of Congress, the original Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry was a gathering of clear, contemporary poems aimed at a wide audience.

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Billy Collins (editor)
2005
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FindCenter Quotes ImageMost American men today do not have enough awakened or living warriors inside to defend their soul houses. And most people, men or women, do not know what genuine outward or inward warriors would look like, or feel like.

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News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness

In News of the Universe, Robert Bly has assembled a uniquely cross-cultural anthology of poems that, taken together, illuminate his vision of human history over the past several centuries.

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Robert Bly (editor)
2015
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The Illuminated Hafiz: Love Poems for the Journey to Light

Vivid translations by Coleman Barks, Robert Bly, Omid Safi, Meher Baba, and others combine with Michael and Saliha Green’s stunning illustrations to bring the immortal poetry of the great Persian master Hafiz to life “There is this matter of the light in my eyes.

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Hafiz
2025
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