{"product_id":"9781462807345","title":"Slicing the Moon: A Guided Poetic Excursion","description":"\u003cp\u003eSlicing the Moon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Poetic Excursion by Royal L. Craig\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome fly with Icarus!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrink wine with Rumi!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemplate with Lao Tse!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuminate with T’ao Ch’ien!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCogitate With Nostradamus!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOIN IN THE MYSTICAL ADVENTURE!  TAKE A WALK WITH THE POET INTO THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY OF THE SELF!  CONSIDER THE BEAUTY AND THE CRUELTY OF NATURE!  Thrill with an actual nightmare experience!  Explore the world of haiku and tanka.  All this and more is in this companion book to the author’s earlier success, Bedside Manor, Poetry \u0026amp; Prose to Dream by.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho are we?  Where did we come from? Where are we, and this world of wonder, heading?  These and other questions are explored in detail.  The author has investigated or studied the works of Aristotle, the Rosicrusians, the Gurdjieff study groups, the Essene studies, Eckankar, the Sufiis, the Desert Fathers and the Eastern teachings, as well as the teachings of Kirpal Singh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach poem is provided with an introduction: how the poem came into being, or to what the allusion is referring, or the historical reference that inspired the poem.  The reader feels that he or she is having a visit with the author and what his private thoughts were at the time of writing.  The only things missing are coffee and cookies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author’s studies in philosophy, mysticism, spirituality, and realism combine to produce an unusual blending of poetic expressions that probe, confront, and challenge our perceptions of the world we think we know.  Both the harshness and transcendent beauty of life is presented objectively in a uniquely original style.  This book surgically opens questions on the meaning of life and puts them under a poetic microscope.  Who we are, what we are, what our purpose is: all worthy of investigation of the poetic insight.  A book you will treasure for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom seed I came\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd seed I send\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto that future life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNature is not excused from the scrutiny and the author is pitiless in his examination of her indifference to suffering.  Violent death from teeth or claws is a terrible thing, yet for many it is the daily price paid for being here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake off your mask\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou cunning stepmother\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat brewed this cup of living\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrimming with rampant desire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beneficent side of Nature is also celebrated.  Spring is an especially joyful time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eListen to the meadow stirring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan you smell the fresh awakening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the woods about are dancing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeel the sap rise in the pine tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the rolling snow retreats\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wonder and mystery of life is explored throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am the dark forest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou permeate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do you disturb me so\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe secret world of fractals is explored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything is becoming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday is the embryo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all the futures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA section is reserved for Christmas greetings and the reader is invited to use them for their personal messages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen this package in your heart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd breathe in this gift of Peace,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShare it with a friend,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitics is touched on briefly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Constitution is getting harder to read\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Declaration is growing fainter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Brother is getting Bigger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumor is not forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThings don’t start\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTill Elbert gets here\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElbert never gets here\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEat your chicken, boy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo the good book say that?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNope, just me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA nightmare is described in detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hair rising on the neck\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassing rooms of dank secrets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaching to the farthest corner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf an ancient fear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe even have a warning from Great Spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrave warriors, wise chiefs, long-house questing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the sweat-lodge and pipe,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow purified, read my signs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA place in Virginia tells a story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTh???? 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