{"product_id":"a-map-in-my-blood-carla-braidek-9781771870962","title":"A Map in My Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003eTraditional poetry continues to hold its place in contemporary literature, in part, because of the emergence of women whose writing is informed by tradition but whose subject matter crystalizes in the personal search for meaning. This work represents a search through life, querying events and ideas. Thoughts are offered and ideas considered, but no real conclusion is reached as life s constant flux shifts the perspective and importance of every event. Everyday moments and seemingly inconsequential acts are allowed their due while peace and strength show through the loss and effort. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the backdrop to the poems, the boreal forest comes alive, poems begin there: \u003cbr\u003eI spent the entire day walking poplar brush and spruce groves\u003cbr\u003estretched out for a bit in waist-high grass in the meadow beyond the birches\u003cbr\u003eworked my slow way beneath the willows where beaver wore a path \u003cbr\u003ethrough stones that rim the slough next to Little Winter Lake \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd poems end there: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyoung throats yip \u003cbr\u003ecoyote pups on the ridge\u003cbr\u003ebeckon the moon as feet slap boards\u003cbr\u003estretched to the drowning sun\u003cbr\u003eleap into rippled silver \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe forest, the woman, and poem share the work for meaning in these poems and this is what creates their beauty as much as the carefully chosen words that convey it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carla Braidek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771870966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771870962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thistledown Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.20d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carla Braidek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519337345279,"sku":"9781771870962","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3726ba5-fad8-4cc4-8efb-e8cdca3db1ba.jpg?v=1778737288","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-map-in-my-blood-carla-braidek-9781771870962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}