{"product_id":"this-planet-neighborhood-paperback","title":"This Planet Neighborhood - 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\u003ePriscilla Denby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Planet Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a ride - a dappled-wave-at sundown kind of ride! Moody, meditative, tender are the poems, their \"vagaries of light,\" the deft spill of their shadows. There is lyric, sometimes wry authority. Through Denby's generous imagination, we are in rich communion with \"Earth's every survival,\" \"the bodiless whisper \/ of a white wave.\" Through her music, we find the possibility of connection, \"a flicker of \u003ci\u003eyes, \u003c\/i\u003e\" and the urgency of love, reminding us of \"the basic geography of you and me.\" Jaywalkers, memory's trees, Heathcliff, ocean, Ruth Stone, husband-to-be, Jacaranda, musicians, Einstein, field flowers, dogs and dogs and dogs populate this luminous Neighborhood. Where do we find ourselves on the Planet? We find ourselves in \"the stream \/ pulsing on sunlit stones.\" How beautiful this book is to me. How essential!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlessandra Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWish Ave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaylily Called It a Dangerous Moment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo read Priscilla Denby's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Planet Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is to regain faith in the power of contemporary poetry. Denby guides us through a world rich with everyday wonder, where the sun comes with \"good credentials,\" coyotes are ready to engage with us, and \"Charity lives in Vermont and has no bones.\" With rich imagery and generous observations about the natural world and human relationships, she explores the interplay of past and present in her \"neighborhood of infinite promise.\" Priscilla is a poet who holds secrets about our place on this planet and of how small acts of observation can transform us. Read her. You'll find more than \"enough music to dance by.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlos Zacarias Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems for Lovers and Midnight Readers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories \u0026amp; Tales: Other Times, Other Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrue to its title, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Planet Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e articulates connections between macro and micro, between the cosmic and the close up. The poems are at once ecological, sociological, cosmological, and very down to earth. \"\u003ci\u003eMeadow\u003c\/i\u003e\" has been deleted \"from the children's \/ dictionary, in favor of \u003ci\u003ebroadband, blog, \u003c\/i\u003e\/ \u003ci\u003esidebar \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ecut and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e paste.\u003c\/i\u003e\" What do we lose when we lose a word? A connection that sustains in both directions. Denby is deeply woven with the natural world, saying of herself, \"I'm not rich, though \/ I have deserts to spare, \/ but I have a jungle heart, \/ lush enough for loving.\" Thus, she carries vast realms of earth. She knows herself by their realities. The concern for all of us and all the living systems we're a part of - did I mention history? mythology? - is at the heart of Denby's work. We need her vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Ella Lyon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eauthor, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBack to the Light;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eKentucky Poet Laureate, 2015-16\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354076135673,"sku":"9781639809998","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/N2kfRYsRWA9781639809998.webp?v=1769829104","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/this-planet-neighborhood-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}