{"product_id":"the-temporary-world-paperback","title":"The Temporary World - 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\u003eWillits Jr. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lovely collection of poems, one could almost refer to them as meditations or contemplations, Martin Willitts, Jr helps us to see time and our relation to it in fresh ways. Present, past, and future create a fresh music. We feel as if we're hearing it for the first time and yet it is also familiar. His work here reminds me of ancient Chinese poets, Tomas Transtromer, and Jean Valentine. A strong book of poems should leave us wanting to return to it again and again. Martin Willitts, Jr's book does that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Willitts Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e is a retired Librarian living in Syracuse, New York. He is a visual artist of Victorian and Chinese paper cutouts. He was nominated for 15 \u003cem\u003ePushcart\u003c\/em\u003e and 13 \u003cem\u003eBest of the Net\u003c\/em\u003e awards. He provided his hands-on workshop \"How to Make Origami Haiku Jumping Frogs\" at the \u003cem\u003e2012 Massachusetts Poetry Festival\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003e2015 Amherst Poetry Festival\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the \u003cem\u003e2012 Big River Poetry Review's William K. Hathaway Award\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003e2013\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBill Holm Witness Poetry Contest\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003e2013 \"Trees\" Poetry Contest\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003e2014\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBroadsided award\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003e2014\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eDylan Thomas International Poetry Contest;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eRattle Ekphrastic Challenge, June 2015\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEditor's Choice\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eRattle Ekphrastic Challenge, Artist's Choice, November 2016\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStephen A. DiBiase Poetry Prize\u003c\/em\u003e, 2018.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eHe won a \u003cem\u003eCentral New York Individual Artist Award \u003c\/em\u003eand provided \"Poetry on The Bus\" which had 48 poems in local buses including 20 bi-lingual poems from 7 different languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48397009027321,"sku":"9781421836355","price":22.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/n22C1dFWRC9781421836355.webp?v=1778662444","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-temporary-world-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}