{"product_id":"a-long-wide-stretch-of-melanie-green-9781948461474","title":"A Long, Wide Stretch of Calm","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Long, Wide Stretch of Calm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e are an invitation to slow down, to rest deep into quiet and the contemplative. Melanie Green's poetry explores the connection with the numinous--as well as speaking to the difficulty of living with a chronic illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haiku-like in their intensity of language, Zen-like in their meditative quality, these lyrical poems invite us to pause, catch our breaths, and marvel at a poet who invites us to \u003cem\u003eFeel\/ the psalm\/ of lingering\/ calm\/ in afternoon's\/ echo of light.\"\u003c\/em\u003e --Carolyn Martin, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Way a Woman Knows\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Penchant for Masquerades\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Long, Wide Stretch of Calm\u003c\/em\u003e is a wise, generous, expertly crafted volume of poems that reminds us how even \u003cem\u003ein the deep\/ arabesque\/ of night\u003c\/em\u003e, in \u003cem\u003ethe bearable\/ dark\u003c\/em\u003e, we might yet \u003cem\u003ewalk\/ out of the house of worry\u003c\/em\u003e into a place where solitude is cherished and \u003cem\u003eheaven is within\u003c\/em\u003e.\" --Tim Applegate, author of \u003cem\u003eBlueprints\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAt the End of Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948461471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948461474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.10d","brand":"Melanie Green","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076887507199,"sku":"9781948461474","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d54dd77b-75b6-48eb-a060-390d892de745.jpg?v=1685467321","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-long-wide-stretch-of-melanie-green-9781948461474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}