{"product_id":"mother-poems-and-a-crack-in-time-9781732218345","title":"Mother Poems and A Crack in Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI began writing \u003cem\u003eMother Poems\u003c\/em\u003e during a turbulent time in my spiritual life. Composers of spiritual poetry from India, such as Ramprasad Sen and Lal Ded, give us permission to express anger, sadness, and frustration alongside more conventional devotional feelings. They show us that our highly personal relationships with God and Guru do not demand we exile any variety of human expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn October 7, 2023, a larger turbulence erupted. My poetry and other writings took a sharp turn toward documenting my responses to the first live-streamed genocide in human history. \u003cem\u003eA Crack in Time\u003c\/em\u003e is an outpouring of tenderness and admiration, of horror and grief. It enumerates crimes and speaks innumerable pleas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two groups of poems contain much of what could be called prayer. While always devotional, they each attempt to bring disruption, doubt, cruelty, clarity, and chaos onto our paths of awakening. I gathered them together in one book as a modest demonstration that all aspects of life are connected, and so are we. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGaza Mo(u)rning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I wake up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The neighborhood is full of sunlight and birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I make my tea and start scrolling the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e buildings and bodies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e bombed while I was sleeping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Then some mornings I just have to bow down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e On the kitchen table\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I rest my forehead in my hands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and begin to pray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaya Kula Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732218345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Shambhavi Sarasvati","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798346006709,"sku":"9781732218345","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_dc5fc034-6613-4c18-8135-3c752fcd1941.jpg?v=1758638177","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mother-poems-and-a-crack-in-time-9781732218345","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}