{"product_id":"basilica-george-k-miller-9781733232661","title":"Basilica","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo noted Maryland authors teamed up to produce Basilica,  an intense collection of photography and poetry. George Miller and Donald Shomette view their subjects through a single lens. Theirs is a true collaboration, a process in which images and words intermingle and grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBasilica begins with the Baltimore Basilica as a sanctuary from the turbulent events of the 1960s. A desperate mother brings her shell-shocked son to the Sunday service hoping he might find peace after the trauma of Vietnam. \"We're here, we're safe, no bombs, no guns, you're home.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty-six poems and stories spread over seven sections lead the reader through decades along Maryland's western shore of the Chesapeake Bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSANDHILL CRANES - \"The cranes descend, wings feathers brake, feet forward, one with the marsh, they land, dance, forage.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBALANCE BEAM - \"Know it, become it, feel the padded suede beneath your naked feet, the spring within the wood, the space above the beam.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFLAT BOTTOMS, GOD BLESS'EM - \"Master of tides snaking curlicue channels into the marsh, slithering back to the broad water.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVIETNAM - \"The wind blows warm from the delta at dawn, hot from the hill country at noon, sleep, dawn, direction fail me, time is forever noon and hot.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA PALM BEACH BLESSING - \"May the star in the east guide your petroleum engineers to oil deposits under the desert.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eON READING JUNG'S SEVEN SERMONS TO THE DEAD - \"Wings of the white bird hover over my hydrangea, incessant figure eights along serpentine garden paths strobe, stroke, beat.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George K. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733232664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733232661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 11.00w x 0.19d","brand":"George K. Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852888748287,"sku":"9781733232661","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/basilica-george-k-miller-9781733232661","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}