{"product_id":"the-old-paths-remain-paperback","title":"The Old Paths Remain - 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\u003eChristopher Feldt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry isn't for everyone. It's highly personal and can be too amorphous, like an open-ended subjective question. Therefore, good poetry should be flexible enough to be open to different interpretations while remaining evocative of powerful feelings of nostalgia, sadness, triumph, struggle, etc. In other words, a poem may encapsulate a feeling or several, whereas a body of poetry should express the entire continuum of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the first poems I wrote wasn't conventional in rhyme and function. It was written in the tenth grade. My teacher asked each of us to write a poem to read in class. I stood up and recited the following: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One day I went to a garage sale. I realized my parents were for sale, so I bought some shoes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry has been with me ever since. I hope you enjoy my expression of the human condition. Poetry is one of the talents that separate us from the beasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil we meet again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Feldt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJasper, Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFebruary, 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353976422649,"sku":"9798227692511","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Se_Ef8UGyi9798227692511.webp?v=1769828901","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-old-paths-remain-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}