POETIKS
The Curse of the Industrial Speedway and the Telephone Boogie,
Dennis Jaysen Charles
$13
A small press gift brought through by Questioning the Food Source
Publications. Printed on recycled paper, this integrated and fun
collection of poetry from a local poet in the lineage of Jack
Kerouac and the West Coast Beats, this is a modern manifestation
of poetry for change.
Kiss Painting, Sandra Jeppesen
$18Ý
A potent and transformative flash in the dark of understanding.
Coming from the lineage of powerful exploratory writing at it
intersects with Punk and Anarchist sensibilities this book is
about authentic political life and spirited creative _expression.
Poems of the Masters, China's Classic Anthology of T'ang
and Sung Dynasty Verse, trans. Red Pine
$40
One of the Great Classics of Chinese Literature, translated from
a new master of the art for the first time into English. A phat
volume.
The Clouds Should Know Me By Now, edited Red Pine
$21
Buddhist and Taoist Poet Monks of China. This mind blowing collection
of poetry from the mountain skool of alchemical, shamanic taoist
and buddhist recluse poets is a must for anyone interested in
the lineage of the dharma as it extends from its beginnings all
the way down through to the modern beat writings of the West Coast.
Luminous translation in clear, visionary terms without the stuffyness
of the olde english academic translations that came before. Poetry
by Han Shan, Chia Tao, Shih-Shu and others.
The Drunken Universe
$30
An out-of-print and rare anthology of Persian mystical poetry,
exploring themes of Truth, beauty, and love, in the incomparable
language of the Sufis.
The Illustrated Rumi, Rumi
$45
This beautiful hardcover explores the relationship of text and
image in striking fashion.Ý It is particularly rooted in Persian
Sufi art and poetry, and explores the wisdom of the tradition
of the heart, of the essence, and of love.
The Return of Da Faeries
rare, small press : $10
Accelerating Rhymes and Metapoetiks from Avalon. Phat poetry,
sweet art, evidence of elvish tribal culture in the UK. This rare
press comes direct from the olde english underground.
The White Goddess, Robert Graves
$26
A historical grammar of poetic myth. The formative text on metamythology
and the origins of modern culture. With sections on the Triple
Goddess, the Tree-Alphabet, and Hercules on the Lotus this is
a text worth checking out for anyone interested in the history
of myth, religion, spirituality or the human imagination.