Poetry. SEASPEL is a mosaic. It is formed of shells of perception, sacred narratives well or ill remembered, glimpses of ocean, reminiscences about a great teacher and his students. In island folk art, mosaic images are made from fragments of all sorts of shell. Clam, oyster, scallop side by side--their origins do not matter, only shape and color--not the source, only the found fact. The poem itself tries to embody what the sea told me, the sea, the sea. The poem is dedicated to the memory of my teacher, Lama Norlha ...
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Poetry. SEASPEL is a mosaic. It is formed of shells of perception, sacred narratives well or ill remembered, glimpses of ocean, reminiscences about a great teacher and his students. In island folk art, mosaic images are made from fragments of all sorts of shell. Clam, oyster, scallop side by side--their origins do not matter, only shape and color--not the source, only the found fact. The poem itself tries to embody what the sea told me, the sea, the sea. The poem is dedicated to the memory of my teacher, Lama Norlha (Ngawang Geleg, the second Norla Rinpoche), 1938-2018, founder of the first Vajrayana seminaries in America, guide, sustainer, friend.--Robert Kelly
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Add this copy of Seaspel to cart. $81.49, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Lunar Chandelier Collective.
Add this copy of Seaspel to cart. $125.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Lunar Chandelier Collective.
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Fine. First edition, wrappered issue. Trade paperback original. Fine in decorated wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by Kelly to the playwright and poet Rochelle Owens and her husband, the poet George Enonomou: "for George & Rochelle, all our years make us new. Love, Robert."
