{"product_id":"what-the-body-knows-poems-paperback-1","title":"What the Body Knows: Poems - 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\u003eJean Janzen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat the Body Knows\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of poems that seeks the language of what lies deeply within the body, to listen and to name the longings, losses, and gains of a long life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In bygone centuries a mirror was held to the lips of a passing loved one to check for the delicate mist of life. These poems are like that mirror. To their reflecting surface clings a distillation of clarity and wisdom, precious to those who look into the glass.\" --\u003ci\u003eRhoda Janzen, Author\u003c\/i\u003e, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Mennonite Meets Mr. Right \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jean Janzen addresses her treasured topics--desire, mystery, language, family and heritage, music, embodied spirituality--with confidence and grace. 'Write it, the hunger and the song, ' says one poem. And she does, brilliantly. Janzen's vision has never been clearer; her words have never confessed more truth. This book took over 80 years to write, and its final, passionate message is 'mercy, ' a resounding 'Yes.'\" \u003ci\u003e --Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Author, \u003c\/i\u003ePoetry in America\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In 'Winter Child' Jean Janzen remembers 'a kind of ecstasy' from a wintry afternoon, her 'small figure falling again and again \/ to make a host of angels in my own backyard.' Steeped as they are in loss and grief, these poems may hardly seem angelic--except in their glimmering music, their wintry knowledge, and their generous wisdom. \u003ci\u003eWhat the Body Knows\u003c\/i\u003e is a book to savor and to treasure.\" \u003ci\u003e--Jeff Gundy, Author of Songs\u003c\/i\u003e from an Empty Cage \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Somewhere Near Defiance \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Author: \u003c\/b\u003eJean Janzen, a poet living in Fresno, California, is the author of six previous collections of poetry who has received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and other awards. A graduate of Fresno Pacific University and California State University of Fresno, she has taught at Fresno Pacific and Eastern Mennonite University. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat the Body Knows\u003c\/i\u003e is volume 12 in the \u003cb\u003e DreamSeeker Poetry Series\u003c\/b\u003e released by Cascadia Publishing House LLC and follows volume 11, \u003ci\u003eMomentary Stay\u003c\/i\u003e, Barbara Esch Shisler.\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 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353481593081,"sku":"9781680270013","price":14.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/V9posT53jZ9781680270013_cb9f1157-7750-4dbf-9c84-6213f59c8384.webp?v=1769824957","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/what-the-body-knows-poems-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}