{"product_id":"a-dark-wood-marianne-burke-9798899902307","title":"A Dark Wood","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy turns autobiographical, lyrical, meditative, these closely observed, fine-tuned poems in A Dark Wood consider the impermanence in our lives and give us an appreciation of those moments when wonder prevails: \"Imagine catching such light, like painting air \/ or the atmosphere before it shifts...\" In the collection's title poem \" A Dark Wood, 1946,\" the speaker, recently returned from WWII, finds solace in his beloved woods: \"These deer my brothers and \/ sisters, the mirror of God St. Francis said.\" These poems try to \"catch the light\" of transcendence, the joy and sorrow in shared human experience-childhood, family, marriage, nature, aging, and loss. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marianne Burke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798899902307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finishing Line Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.11d","brand":"Marianne Burke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47612103557375,"sku":"9798899902307","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a11de6a8-eb43-4f2d-8115-11be2ae5f394.jpg?v=1764518208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-dark-wood-marianne-burke-9798899902307","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}