ripples by Jeanne DittmannThe Christian ritual of communion has been both a constant in my life and a new experience everywhere that I partake in it. I wrote this poem about communion in a different lifetime over 30 years ago but it has found new life in this sculptural, letterpress printed book. I hand embossed concentric circles that go off the edges of the book, tying the pages together visually and offering a minimalistic illustration of the poems words. The Coptic