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Letters Under Rock

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Letters Under Rock: A Global Synthesis of Performance Poetry and Spiritual Tradition

An epistolary journey through the sacred landscapes of the Wanderer and the Nomad.

Letters Under Rock by Cindy Rinne and Bory Thach is a collaborative masterwork that functions as both a literary exchange and a multidisciplinary performance piece. Through the voices of two archetypal characters, the authors traverse the geographical and spiritual distances between Morocco, Ireland, the Sahara, India, Japan, and Cambodia. This collection is a rigorous exploration of comparative mythology and interfaith dialogue through the medium of verse.

The Interweaving of Ritual and Cultural Narrative

At the core of this volume is the integration of diverse belief systems into a cohesive poetic tapestry. Rinne and Thach utilize animism and sacred symbolism to anchor their work, offering a profound study of:

  • Ecumenical Spirituality: A seamless blending of Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, the Desert Mothers, and Christian Saints, reflecting a universal search for the divine.

  • Archetypal Performance: The "Wanderer" and the "Nomad" serve as conduits for performance poetry, where movement and ritual are embedded within the text.

  • Symbolic Iconography: From the Cambodian dragon to the Irish swan, the authors employ flora and fauna as tokens of cultural identity and ancestral memory.

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Length: 86 pages

ISBN: 9781733452908

Letters Under Rock: A Global Synthesis of Performance Poetry and Spiritual Tradition

An epistolary journey through the sacred landscapes of the Wanderer and the Nomad.

Letters Under Rock by Cindy Rinne and Bory Thach is a collaborative masterwork that functions as both a literary exchange and a multidisciplinary performance piece. Through the voices of two archetypal characters, the authors traverse the geographical and spiritual distances between Morocco, Ireland, the Sahara, India, Japan, and Cambodia. This collection is a rigorous exploration of comparative mythology and interfaith dialogue through the medium of verse.

The Interweaving of Ritual and Cultural Narrative

At the core of this volume is the integration of diverse belief systems into a cohesive poetic tapestry. Rinne and Thach utilize animism and sacred symbolism to anchor their work, offering a profound study of:

  • Ecumenical Spirituality: A seamless blending of Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, the Desert Mothers, and Christian Saints, reflecting a universal search for the divine.

  • Archetypal Performance: The "Wanderer" and the "Nomad" serve as conduits for performance poetry, where movement and ritual are embedded within the text.

  • Symbolic Iconography: From the Cambodian dragon to the Irish swan, the authors employ flora and fauna as tokens of cultural identity and ancestral memory.

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Length: 86 pages

ISBN: 9781733452908

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“Letters Under Rock” Poetry Performance collects from many landscapes and faith traditions: Morocco, Ireland, the Sahara, India, Japan, Cambodia, etc. Animism, angels, Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, Desert Mothers, Saints, etc. There are rituals, ghosts, forest spirits, rebirth, mollusk that tells a story, dragon, heron, swan. This story reaches across time and space told in love letters left under a rock of an orphan Wanderer and a Nomad. Written and performed by Cindy Rinne and Bory Thach.

About the Author

Cindy Rinne is a poet and fiber artist based in San Bernardino, California. She’d like to give some gratitude and shout-outs to a new art publication started during the pandemic called Fish and Zoom, as well as the publication “Agri-Culture” Artillery Magazine, and Elyssar Press who published their book. She also has a solo exhibition called “Magical Realms,” which opens on January 2, 2021 and feature’s Rinne’s fiber art and sculptures at Bunny Gunner Gallery in Claremont, CA. One of her essays is also in the new anthology Feminist Pilgrimage. You can visit her website at www.fiberverse.com.

Bory Thach was born in a refugee camp located on the border between Thailand and Cambodia. His family immigrated to the United States when he was four years old. He served in the U.S. Army and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received his MFA from California State University San Bernardino. Fiction and creative nonfiction fall under the art of storytelling, while poetry for him is more of a study of language, an art form in itself. His work has been published in Pacific Review, Urban Ivy, Arteidolia, and Sand Canyon Review, as well as Letters Under Rock.

Note: Together, Cindy Rinne and Thach are also both published in We Are Here: Village Poets Anthology by Moonrise Press, edited by Maja Trochimczyk and Marlene Hitt. “Halo” (poem above) was first published by Cloud Women’s Quarterly.