{"product_id":"every-note-a-lantern-paperback","title":"Every Note, a Lantern - 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\u003eMary Katherine Creel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are quiet, observant poems-explorations of doubt, promise, worry, grief, and unexpected hope that arrives in ordinary things-the whiskers of a little wolf, the blur of a ruby-throated hummingbird, a chorus of frogs, the feathered antennae of a giant leopard moth. Praise for these gentle poems that find beauty in the brokenness, find prayer in the bird bath, and find shelter in the weeping cherry tree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosemerry Wahtola Trommer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Honey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and host of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Poetic Path\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Katherine Creel's poems emanate the kind of quiet wisdom and close attention most poets can only dream about. Every note here is indeed a lantern, and when read aloud, the poems become \"tiny embers lighting this ancient cave, the body.\" The precision with which she brings the world to life turns this striking collection\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003einto a field guide for being human, for holding life in both grief and helpless wonder. Here, you will find the living things that keep us company on the Earth-fiddler crabs, chipping sparrows, milkweed, and bees-reminding us that to name the world is to feel more at home in it, to find its boundless sources of solace and light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Crews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace \u0026amp; Renewal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Note, A Lantern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is lit with resonant imagery. In these highly crafted and gorgeous poems, which are full of movement and natural wonder, Creel invites us to see how nature is the perfect place to confront our grief, and also find promise and hope. We \"marvel at \/ the elegance of swifts \/ as they drop, one by one, \/ into the mouth of \/ a stone tower.\" We find promise in the resilience of the wintering kinglets, the Carolina wren, the nighthawks as they \"make chase \/ in the dim half-light.\" And in looking outward we are also examining the human interior, intimate and complex as the dark center of a sunflower. Wow-there is beauty everywhere that you look in this book!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Salerno\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Grave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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 0.09 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353548013817,"sku":"9781639805419","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/mnKMkh11Z09781639805419.webp?v=1769825156","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/every-note-a-lantern-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}