Cracked Calabash |
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| Author:
| Pegram, Lisa |
| ISBN: | 978-1-941604-01-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | Central Square Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $11.00 |
Book Description:
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CRACKED CALABASH is a vessel of 13 poems that contemplates personal identity in the context of healing and self-love. At its core, this collection is rooted in the notion that there is wisdom and even joy to be found in the places where we are broken and put back together again. Similarly, Kintsukuroi, "to repair with gold", is the Japanese art of repairing pottery in the spirit that it is more beautiful for having been broken. The title was inspired by the ancient tradition of using...
More DescriptionCRACKED CALABASH is a vessel of 13 poems that contemplates personal identity in the context of healing and self-love. At its core, this collection is rooted in the notion that there is wisdom and even joy to be found in the places where we are broken and put back together again. Similarly, Kintsukuroi, "to repair with gold", is the Japanese art of repairing pottery in the spirit that it is more beautiful for having been broken. The title was inspired by the ancient tradition of using the calabash as a vessel and, when it inevitably cracks, making an art of the mending.