{"product_id":"a-moments-breath-paperback","title":"A Moment's Breath - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Willis Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Moment's Breath\u003c\/em\u003e considers the questions arising from interwoven threads of the vulnerable rhythms of a marriage, the guidance and death of a father, the hope and loss of a nephew, the persistent reach for justice, the looming risk of wildfire, all sourced in love and loss and grief. These poems return again and again to the contemplative stance of surrender in the absence of answers and the seeking of a peace in the certainty of uncertainty. Following the seasons of the year through the enduring presence of place in the mountains, amid ridges and rivers, firs and pines, they reveal \"a moment's breath on earth\" and invite the reader to stillness, even among the questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly Praise: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReading Susan Willis Johnson's \u003cem\u003eA Moment's Breath\u003c\/em\u003e feels like a much-needed mountain retreat-spacious, reverent, dreamy and nourishing. Equal parts reflection, wonder, and offering, each poem reads like a prayer, feels like an invitation, unfolds like a film. Visually rich and aurally evocative-the sound of her kitchen, of scattered petals, crows and chickadees, the last of the geese, the clip of pliers, grief, wind.... \u003cem\u003eA Moment's Breath\u003c\/em\u003e is a deftly crafted collection filled with radiance, hospitality and generosity. What a gift!\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-M Freeman, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Illuminated Space: A Personal Theory \u0026amp; Contemplative Practice of Media Art\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her second book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eA Moment's Breath\u003c\/em\u003e, Susan Willis Johnson walks beside us through her beloved woods and ridges along the waters of the Cle Elum River, sharing with us the quiet, peace, loss, and renewal she discovers there each day. From the collection's first poem in which she \u003cem\u003eslowly fully open[s] again, \u003c\/em\u003eto \"Sorrow\" and \u003cem\u003ethe grief of green needles, fallen\u003c\/em\u003e, then onto \"Midwinter\"s return to light, spring, and finally \"Renewing Our Vows,\"\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eshe shows us how she listens, sees, and grows just as the woods do, especially after devastating fire. All along these forest paths, her imagery, language, and form flow naturally and beautifully, softening our spirits and pointing to the way of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Karen Gookin, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Hills Around Are Dust and Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems are sweet and tender, full of moments of quiet beauty and the joys of living alongside the ache. They are prayers and longings rising from grief and the threat of climate chaos, while seeking solace in the natural world. They invite the reader to join a communion of the vulnerable and find sanctuary among the images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, REACE, online Abbess of Abbey of the Arts, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 44\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.11 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48395870929145,"sku":"9781968610173","price":16.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ySA5vptd7r9781968610173.webp?v=1778619296","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-moments-breath-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}