{"product_id":"a-legacy-of-birds-sharon-perkins-ackerman-9781639806881","title":"A Legacy of Birds","description":"The world is indeed charged in Sharon J. Ackerman's new collection, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Legacy of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. It flames out in image and startling language, clearly kin to Gerard Manley Hopkins' ecstatic nature and devotional poetry. More closely, Ackerman's beautiful work honors her native Appalachia of sweet milk, pleated fields, bluing mountains, tubers and roots dungeoned, pinwheels of trillium, a nightjar's serenade, the family skillet \"blood heavy.\" Her deft call to this world is both blessing and keen; her legacy of memory, still green and young and \"born of air,\" is our gift of grace.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Parsons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eValediction: Poems and Prose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poetry in Sharon Ackerman's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Legacy of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is elegant, discreet, and evocative. Her poems are almost whispered because her subjects are tender and easily bruised. There is no brash and bold, no loud insistence. These poems draw you close and present their concerns and quiet passions as an antiquarian or paleontologist might their delicate treasures. Read it slowly and savor. You will be enriched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdison Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntentional Fallacies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegacy of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Sharon Ackerman's luminous poems remind me of what it is to be alive, to be transformed by the trees, birds, rivers, fields of the natural world. Grounded in extraordinary beauty, her poems astonish in their metaphoric flight. \"Look to the edge, a gull cries as the story of my life undocks, its hull scraping the beach, its white, white sail visible for a time, then not.\" Ackerman\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the sacredness of consciousness, as she observes the fauna and flora of an Appalachian landscape. A persimmon tree \"that disguises itself as godly things do,\" or \"the lunar eyes of potatoes\" in a grandmother's root cellar. In poem after stunning poem, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Legacy of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e explores the mystery of existence and I too found myself \"peering into a dark unknown, finding it iridescent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrudy Hale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eStreetlight Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharon Perkins Ackerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639806881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639806881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Sharon Perkins Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46721567883519,"sku":"9781639806881","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e677bfc-07cf-4481-a164-bba5b12e54ac.jpg?v=1742753253","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-legacy-of-birds-sharon-perkins-ackerman-9781639806881","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}