Houston, Texas – January 16, 2022 – Press Release: Saint Julian Press is proud to announce a new book of poetry, by author Fred LaMotte, which will be published on April 15, 2022.
Sweep up the dust of a thousand ruined civilizations in this breath. Gather the ashes of your ancestors in this breath. Whisk the DNA from all the microbes that ever swarmed the gut or swam the blood of rodent, honeybee, or leprous medieval peasant in this breath. Reap the protein from each virus, harvest molecules of leopard scat and wolverine, the very color code of parrots in this breath. Garner the rune of an alien chromosome, fossilized in meteorite, or learn the secret gene-Om of a black hole humming at the core of a distant sun, from this breath. Distill the tears of your enemies, the wild scent of your first love from this breath, the healing elixir in rain-forest herbs, dew from the eyes of your unborn children, the bittersweet atoms that Jesus breathed. Now hold and cherish this breath, sweeping up the stories, the grievances, the blame and forgiveness. Transmute it all into sparkling awareness.
~ Fred LaMotte
From the Book's Introduction
THE NECTAR OF THIS BREATH
From the Book's Introduction
THE NECTAR OF THIS BREATH
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“This is the work of a careful master and its breath will transform your life. As the author says, we are here to die of love, and it is this which holds us. The profoundly measured diction of these words is both weightless and transparent. LaMotte has achieved the work of a life-time in this book, and the precision of emotion and human intimacy is delivered with terrific sonority, poetic radiance, and integrity.”
~Kevin McGrath, Harvard University, author of Stri: Women In Epic Mahabharata and poetry books: Eros, Song of the Republic, and Windward. "This poetry is some of the finest, an invitation to the alchemical process of unveiling the gold you always were. With mastery and grace, LaMotte's verse activates an awakening process. His poems are passwords opening the heart, taking you to a wellspring of Divine essence that leaps from your own chest. You will not come out of Fred's book the same person." ~Chelan Harkin, author of Susceptible to Light and Let Us Dance! The Stumble and Whirl with The Beloved |
“Images flow forth from him like mountain streams from the high peaks in Spring. He is the artist we love and long for, who reminds us that art itself proceeds from a divine source.”
~Dorothy Walters PhD, poet, mystic, author of The Goddess Speaks, The Kundalini Poems, and Marrow of Flame.
~Dorothy Walters PhD, poet, mystic, author of The Goddess Speaks, The Kundalini Poems, and Marrow of Flame.
"Alfred LaMotte's poetry is touching, beautiful, outrageously funny, utterly sublime. As Rumi and Hafez before him, he seems effortlessly to scoop Sacred Letters from his heart, and string them into beautiful Word Garlands for friends and beloveds. Through these poems we dive into the Bridal Chamber of the spiritual heart. Soaked in love and spontaneity, these magical spells are so powerful, even the dead will come alive and burst into tears, laughter, and ecstatic dance!"
~Shiva Somadev, author of Journey into the Heart of Reality and founder of Kumbhaka Prana Yoga.
~Shiva Somadev, author of Journey into the Heart of Reality and founder of Kumbhaka Prana Yoga.
“Opening this book is like opening the door of a temple, to imbibe holy sacraments and anoint oneself with the miraculous. These words break open the mundane shell of our existence, revealing the immaculate spirit within. Nothing escapes these portals of revelation. Every wound becomes a doorway into vibrant truth, every shadow a gateway into the light. With words that drip with endless joy and devotion, he peels back the veil of the ordinary, revealing the sacred Heart at the center of existence. These poems not only enchant and illuminate, they also teach the reader how to see.”
~Maya Luna, author of Omega: Feral Secrets of the Deep Feminine and creator of The Deep Feminine Mystery School.
~Maya Luna, author of Omega: Feral Secrets of the Deep Feminine and creator of The Deep Feminine Mystery School.
“Here are poems with lines I whisper every night into the ears of my 4 and 7-year-old sons, to endow their psyches with wild truth and magic. Here are poems I text to ten friends at once, moved by an uncontrollable inspiration, only to receive back waves of awe and thanks for the blessing of Fred's spells. And here are poems who are living companions, made of such rascally, heartbreaking love I’m called again and again to climb out of my old skin, and in that glistening sensitivity, to shine.”
~ Brooke McNamara, poet, Zen Dharma Holder, author of Feed Your Vow and Bury The Seed.
~ Brooke McNamara, poet, Zen Dharma Holder, author of Feed Your Vow and Bury The Seed.
Alfred LaMotte’s poems are beautiful inviting bridges to contemplative silence and meditation. Paradoxically, they wake us up and comfort us at the same time. As the pandemic unfolded, Fred’s poems helped our Heart Centered Meditation group calm anxiety and strengthen connection to one another, inspiring our reverence for life. They offer a felt experience of the world we want to co-create, grounded in awe of the sacred.
~Elizabeth A. Walz, Executive Director, Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center
~Elizabeth A. Walz, Executive Director, Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center
ALFRED K. LAMOTTE has authored three volumes of poetry with Saint Julian Press. He has co-authored three books of artwork and poetry with Hawaiian artist and spiritual teacher, Rashani Réa. An interfaith college chaplain, meditation teacher, and instructor in World Religions, with degrees from Yale University and Princeton Theological Seminary, he lives on the shore of the Salish Sea, near Seattle WA, with his wife Anna.
Visit his Amazon author page at: amazon.com/author/alfredlamotte and meet him at his blog site, ''Uradiance": http://yourradiance.blogspot.com/
Visit his Amazon author page at: amazon.com/author/alfredlamotte and meet him at his blog site, ''Uradiance": http://yourradiance.blogspot.com/
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Publication Date: April 15, 2022
Paperback: $20.00 ISBN-13: 978-1-955194-02-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2021949958 Number of pages: 142 Publisher: Saint Julian Press, Inc. For an advance copy, contact publiser: Ron Starbuck |
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