Shimmering Birthless: A Confluence of Verse and Image

I had read and loved Alfred LaMotte's poems before, but was hugely delighted to find them woven together with Rashani Rea's shimmering collages. The snatches of poetry cut straight to the heart: "Let loss be the illuminated door"; or "Healing comes from a heartbroken place / where you've breathed out / everything you carried. / Stay there. / The next breath is God's love"; or "Take a breath from the infinite. / Even one is immeasurable. / Now pour it back into eternity. / This is how you die"; or (my favorite) "Don't go on about oneness. / Just fall silently in love with duality / and see what happens." I'm just sorry I can't show you the art as well, so perfectly complementary. I gave a copy to most of the people on my Christmas list this year.

Exquisite poetry and art to savor endlessly. You'll want to give it to others.