Soulskin

In these poems of revelation and beauty, Krysl steps into the skin of the compassionate mystic...she makes songs for the healer and the one to be healed, who are often one and the same. Joy Harjo, Author of Spiral of Memory, In Mad Love and War, She Had Some Horses, and The Woman Who Fell From the Sky The author of Midwife and Other Poems has produced a new book of poetry full of moving images of caregiving and receiving. Krysl's revelations about the transforming experience of healing will touch health care professionals, students, and educators.

Acknowledgments Introduction Preface Spring Part I. Self Healer Part Introduction Soulskin Part II. Self and Nature Part Introduction Transformation: The Terrace Planetary Water Lilies Earth Sky Mandala Consumer, Sunset Part III. All My Relations Poem Introduction Hymn To Hard Work Poem Introduction Bus: Women With Water Jar Poem Introduction Erotic Poem Introduction The Blessing Poem Introduction Goteborg: The Old Poem Introduction Cancer Floor Part IV. Healers Poem Introduction Curandera Remedios Poem Introduction Sound Healer Poem Introduction Medicine Woman Poem Introduction Innanna Part V. Calcutta Part Introduction Poem Introduction Calcutta Devaluation Joint Venture Healing Foreign Aid Altar Dead Weight Kalighat Sustainable Development Profit Interpreter Part VI. Sanctuary Part Introduction Poem Introduction Manifesto Poem Introduction Sanctuary Poem Introduction Hygeia Addresses the United Nations Part VII . Death, Life Poem Introduction The Dead and the Living Poem Introduction Contraction About the Author