Fire's Goal Poems from the Hindu Year
1st White Cloud Press Edition
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The poems of Fire's Goal reflect a year of journeys to sacred river sources in India. Laurie Patton's poems were written after a decade of writing and reading in interpretation of India's most sacred Sanskrit compositions the Vedas. The book's first half, "Festavals," follows the main festivals of a Hindu year. Each poem is written in the voice of a bhakta, or devotee, as he or she performs rituals of devotion whether it be floating a flame down a river at Diwali or listening to the bell at a Ganesh temple at Ganeshotsav. The second half of the book, "Crossings," refers to the traditional term tirtha, or holy place. In India, a tirtha is a place where a god crossed over to be on earth. "Crossings" employs the images of Sanskrit learning to think about ordinary moments in contemporary life a lost lover, running with dogs, an encounter with a spiderweb, what a widow might say about her broken bangles. Fire's Goal is a poetic journey into the spirituality of India, with complimentary text that explains the festivals and sacrifices of Hinduism.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781883991494 |
Publisher: | White Cloud Press |
Imprint: | White Cloud Press |
Pub date: | 01 Aug 2003 |
Edition: | 1st White Cloud Press Edition |
DEWEY: | 821.92 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 69 |
Weight: | 230g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 179mm |
Spine width: | 5mm |