Reviews

Leading from Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead by Megan Scribner, Sam M. Intrator

canadianbookworm's review against another edition

5.0

Poetry has always played a role in my life: inspiring, consoling, and offering broader understanding. This was something I got from both my parents, who also consider poetry a part of their lives. This book takes a variety of leaders: business, non-profit, education, and government and gives their voices to the poems that inspire them. Each of the 93 poems given here is introduced by a leader, who tells the reader the context in which the poem either first came to him/her, or in which they use it. The leaders show an aspect of themselves that one doesn't always see and encourage the use of poetry, both publicly and privately, to give strength and purpose to all of us. I found not only the poetry interesting but also the stories behind the choices.

debnanceatreaderbuzz's review against another edition

4.0

Leaders around the world choose poems which inspires them as leaders and comment upon the poems' influences on their lives. The poems in this volume include such widely known poems as "The Road Not Taken," "Hope is the thing with feathers," and "Ulysses," but also include less-quoted poems such as poems by Daisy Zamora, Mark Nepo, and Yehuda Amichai. There is much to find to inspire you in this book.