{"product_id":"minnow-paperback-1","title":"Minnow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudith Chalmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSensuous, vivid, and richly detailed, \u003ci\u003eMinnow\u003c\/i\u003e wakes us to the urgency and grace of natural landscapes and intimate connections. Through close, reverent observation, Chalmer depicts the world around us, between us, and within us. These poems pulse with tenderness, awe, and beauty, but beneath this is a palpable undercurrent of fear and vulnerability. In \"The Difficulty Ahead,\" we find a \"roof \/ of broken sunlight and all the threadbare leaves nodding.\" These poems reach beyond narrative to our felt experience: \"we saw \/ with new eyes this world-bright \/ and shocking. It was full \/\/ of silence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlison Prine, author of \u003ci\u003eSteel, Cider Press Review \u003c\/i\u003e Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her outstanding collection, \u003ci\u003eMinnow\u003c\/i\u003e, Judith Chalmer asks early on: \"Why not begin, simple in speech \/ plain in your mild rapture?\" Yet though these poems unravel deliciously their simple, accessible lines, there is nothing \"mild\" or \"plain\" about the raptures they weave out of the most ordinary, miraculous details of a life spent in love with the natural world-and in love with life itself. In fact, the words \"love\" and \"hope\" appear over and over in the poems as Chalmer reminds us (and herself) that we are here to connect with each other, \"tugged \/ into a bewildered hope \/ with nothing beneath us but a whisper.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Crews, editor of \u003ci\u003eHealing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Chalmer opens her stunning \u003ci\u003eMinnow \u003c\/i\u003e with the question, \"And if there are sorrows?\" There is no answer, only the beauty around us: in times laced with grief, the leaves are \"still green, even more so.\" The exuberant \u003ci\u003eSong of Songs \u003c\/i\u003e is the voice of youth: \"O, my sister, my bride \" But \u003ci\u003eMinnow \u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eSong\u003c\/i\u003e for our later years, knowing sorrow, but still shimmering with celebration. The poet has found her bride: \"dance again \/ summersweet \/ and sedum \/ and your tongue \/ snapdragon plump.\" \u003ci\u003eMinnow \u003c\/i\u003e is affirmation, is ritual, a thanksgiving for the natural world and for love. It's a gorgeous book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSue D. Burton, author of \u003ci\u003eBOX, Two Sylvias Press \u003c\/i\u003e Poetry Prize; Silver Winner, \u003ci\u003eForeword Review's\u003c\/i\u003e INDIES; finalist Vermont Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710104637503,"sku":"9781950462667","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c64d9c6803405576e4f4d8e3820245d8.webp?v=1765053773","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/minnow-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}