COMANCHE, Texas, February 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- In a time when newspaper headlines scream of war and deadly anthrax virus on a daily basis it's good to discover that there are people contemplating peace. In a new volume of poetry and essays, Inner Life (now available from 1stBooks Library), Larry Ervin Clevenger makes a Darwinian argument in favor of peace over violence. Clevenger feels that the tide is turning for a new sense of survival that encourages an aversion to war rather than a propensity for violence and bloodlust. Clevenger's Inner Life should be required reading for all world leaders to encourage and support peaceable development.
One compelling essay in the collection re-imagines existence at the atomic level; it contemplates life as a basic atomic pattern of substance, instead of the old notion of atoms as the basic building blocks of matter. This fundamental pattern takes many possible forms - matter, energy and spirit. Seen from this perspective, just as matter is a form of energy, energy is a form of spirit. Again, Clevenger reveals his spiritual sensibility.
Most of Clevenger's offering in this new book is poetry. The subject matter ranges across human lifetimes to include youth, old age and death. The poems celebrate the beauty of nature and the spiritual aspects of life. The language Clevenger uses is generally simple and eloquent. He doesn't try to wow the reader with spectacular verbiage but rather seduces us with common vernacular used in stirring combinations that produce vivid imagery.
Larry Ervin Clevenger is a fourth-generation Texan who spends much of his time contemplating the spiritual side of nature and life. His meditations and travels throughout North America inspired him to publish his first book, Mystic Messages, in 1977. His poems have been published in newspapers, magazines and numerous anthologies. In addition to writing, Clevenger has been an electrical engineer, a rancher and farmer, a training officer and editor and has obtained a doctorate's degree in philosophy.
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