THE NECTAR OF THIS BREATH - explores the liminal space between poetry and meditation. Many of the poems are prompts for contemplative practice, either by individuals or groups. They unite the mind with the heart, reaching even into our cell physiology to refresh the weary body with "the nectar of this breath." Without using esoteric or religious terminology, these poems probe the most subtle science of breathing, a spiritual practice handed down through wisdom traditions of both East and West. There are also longer poems, full of humor and rebellion, breaking into ecstatic incantation in the tradition of Walt Whitman and the Beats. The book gently reminds us that the same power who spins the galaxies and sings the stars comes to indwell us as our very breath, "and the dignity of this inhalation, how it softly places the spirit in each cell of your flesh, is your Lover's secret name."
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Table of contents
- COVER
- THE NECTAR OF THIS BREATH
- ALSO BY ALFRED K. LAMOTTE
- Praise for the Nectar of this Breath
- INTRODUCTION: A BREATH BOOK
- THE NECTAR OF THIS BREATH
- SECRET
- ANCESTRY
- HUMMING
- HYMN TO IMPERFECTION
- STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS
- MUSTARD SEED
- INVENTORY OF ESSENTIAL DISTRACTIONS
- THREE MIRACLES
- ELECTION
- SHEKINAH
- ONE LAW
- PRAISE SONG
- NO CHAKRAS
- CARNIVAL OF DRUNKEN POETS
- FOUR A.M.
- SAY LESS
- BRING THOUSANDS
- DOING BUSINESS ON THE SABBATH
- SADHANA
- TO THE GARDEN
- OLD TIRE
- LITTLE CREATURES
- STAR SECRET
- MAGI
- TEA WITH A LADY OF ZEN
- LOGIC
- A CHILDHOOD PRACTICE
- CAN YOU BOW?
- NATIVITY
- ATTENSHIN DEFSIT
- THE SIMPLEST MEDITATION
- JUICE
- HOW IT BEGINS
- SWAMP SUTRA
- WIND HARP
- CATASTROPHE
- WILD FLOWER YOGA
- DWINDLING DAYLIGHT
- SOME SAY YOU ARE NOT THIS BODY
- LISTENING
- THE PRACTICE OF WINTER
- KOAN FOR A SUNDAY MORNING
- WHAT SHALL YOU WEAR?
- WEDDING
- RETROGRADE
- KISS YOUR DEMONS
- ALL I CAN DO
- POEM IN THE SHAPE OF A GRAIL
- AWAKE
- YOU MUST DANCE NAKED
- TIRED OF GODS
- SACRED LAND
- NON CREDO
- ODE TO YOUR HANDS
- MIDSUMMER'S EVE AND MORNING
- PARTNER
- WORLD WITHOUT US
- CHANDRA NADI
- WHAT HAPPENED TO WELLS
- JASMINE
- ODE TO YOUR HEARTBEAT
- SALMONBERRIES
- IF YOU PRAY
- COLLAPSE
- PLEDGE
- GOSPEL
- DO ANY KINDNESS
- TRASH: A SABBATH MEDITATION
- WHAT HAFEZ WANTS
- A DARK WORLD
- FUCK UP
- MEN
- EULOGY FOR A FINCH
- MERELY METAPHYSICAL
- OCTOBER WALK (A PROSE POEM)
- ESOTERIC MATHEMATICS OF SRI YANTRA
- GRAND ALIGNMENT
- MISSION
- A SIMPLE RELIGION
- SHRAPNEL
- FALLING INTO MY SKIN
- FOOL
- LIES
- THE HEALING
- IMPORTANT TO SAY
- TO REMIND YOU
- OUTLAW
- BARE BRANCH
- A MORATORIUM ON NAMES
- PIE (MORE CONFUSION ABOUT MY CHAKRAS)
- VOCATION
- THE AMAZEMENT OF GARDENERS
- RETURN
- WOUNDED FLUTE (TO RUMI)
- BRUISE
- SONNET IN AUTUMN AIR
- THANK YOU
- HOW TO FALL ASLEEP
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Back Cover
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