{"product_id":"rain-witness-paperback","title":"Rain Witness - 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\u003eEd Ryterband\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his new book \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRain Witness, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEd Ryterband--psychologist, teacher, standup comedian, father, husband, lover and poet-explores intense moments in his long and varied life. During the Covid epidemic, he's been down in his basement, going through \"that old maple bookcase,\" recreating his \"once upon a time.\" He explains how a child becomes a \"Giraffe Whisperer\", touches a giraffe before \"she slowly raises her head way up to the sky.\" But this 80-year-old poet doesn't live in the past, and he does not \"feel like a patriarch.\" He contemplates everything from \"Night Crullers\" to \"Cantaloupes,\" discusses \"The Deal between Narcissus, the Foxes and Weasels\" as political fable, and meditates upon the death of a lobster as his own demise: \"When I'm not looking,\" he tells Death, \"take me then.\" Ryterband knows, \"Time is a wicked shadow\" and \"Surrender is a tricky skill.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e―Lois Marie Harrod, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpat, Woman, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNightmares of the Minor Poet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to read and sit with the poems in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRain Witness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e A gratifying union of humor and reflection, Ryterband's jokes, ponderings, myths and visions represent a man responding to a life well lived. This collection is a considerate retrospective, piecing together life's moments to make sense of time and how it passes. The words offer peace in the pauses between milestones: a quiet breath outside, a familiar loving touch, a fleeting distant memory. Lyrical, contemporary, and honest, Ryterband looks to the past with magnanimity and weighs the future with courage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e―Taylor Myers, Artistic Director \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoll the Bones Theater Company\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoetry is most successful when it engenders an emotional response, providing a fleeting moment of connection that moves the reader to reflect on those heartfelt experiences that touch every life: love and loss, nature and beauty, the passage of time and thoughts that come whenever we pause to pay attention. The poems in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRain Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e are profound with wisdom and insight, portraying lessons learned (\"Listen, yeah to me\/I can give you something precious\/The secret to a better life...Be nice, real nice\") and questions yet unanswered (\"Still, in unexpected moments\/questions uninvited\/slither in among our precious things.\") With great passion and poignancy, Ed Ryterband bares his soul, allowing us to share his journey as the aging process unfolds and a new understanding illuminates his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e―Rabbi Sally J. Priesand, America's first female rabbi \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353899516153,"sku":"9781639802081","price":25.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/D63huODt3V9781639802081.webp?v=1769828755","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/rain-witness-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}