{"product_id":"beautiful-artifacts-paperback","title":"Beautiful Artifacts - 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\u003eStork Rein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Artifacts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, the reader is swept into a vividly rendered landscape with carefully crafted moments that unfold with the kind of wisdom, vulnerability, and tenderness that can only rise from a place of deep contemplation. Rein writes, \"I lost my faith when I lost my child,\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebut the reader never loses faith in the speaker as we navigate the perils and beauty of nature, attention to the everydayness, love, profound loss, and the inevitable scrim of time passing. These poems address what is broken in this world without flinching and then strive to set it right until it all \"hangs true,\" until the deepest wounds become \"beautiful scars.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Merchant\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHortensia, in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(New American Press) and editor of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePirene's Fountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStork Rein, in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Artifacts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eopens the book with the loss of a child, a wound that never heals. The poet is left \"searching for the seams between this world and the next\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\" In \u003ci\u003eBroken, \u003c\/i\u003ehe repairs a screen door sagging from one hinge, but relationships can't be fixed by replacing hardware. There is wisdom in this collection. Stork asserts, if \"you are travelling alongside the fence, jump over\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAnd he reveals it is the work itself, the engagement of the imagination, that matters. In\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethese poems there is the \"blaze of promise everywhere\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Trenam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, published poet, teacher at Santa Rosa Junior College, and founding member of Poetic License Sonoma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStork Rein's aptly titled \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Artifacts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how the mysteries of loss-\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ehorses of grief \/ radiant sky \/ the sudden companionship of sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e-can open us to an ever-expanding love of the world and all its inhabitants. As the devastating death of his young daughter spirals the poet \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003einto the unknowable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, we witness the gradual embrace of his dying father and heartbroken mother, of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe all that is myself\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eangels in the shape of flies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. Read this love letter to life and prepare to be opened-wider, deeper, and closer to true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrartho Sereno\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Poet Laureate Emerita of Marin County, CA and author of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarfall in the Temple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Blue Light Press)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 54\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.13 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353614303481,"sku":"9781639806560","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ghUdfqyBdW9781639806560.webp?v=1769825382","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/beautiful-artifacts-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}