{"product_id":"before-the-fall-mike-wilson-9798901467084","title":"Before the Fall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I am the taste already on your tongue,\" Mike Wilson reminds us in his new collection \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the Fall.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eReminiscent of Whitman, Wilson celebrates the multitudes within each of us. He gives us a very human God who \"approaches during intermission to share a cigarette in the garden.\" He even invites \"Divine Intervention\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eto \"crawl in the sack with me.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eWordsmith extraordinaire, Wilson opens gate after gate, inviting us into a universe that \"honor[s] countless Buddha faces,\" where \"Every living creature is my intimate friend.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe invites us to \"turn [our] chair[s] to face the ocean,\" with cones of ice cream in our hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarianne Peel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSinging is Praying Twice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eUntamed Arabesque\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart politics (\"War is warped cooperation\"), part love (\"Love draws a bow across my heart\"), part humor (\"Order a pizza and see if it obeys\"), part dream (\"putting my dreams to bed, these tired children who breathe on their own but depend on me to feed them\"), and part religion (\"Dear God, Pimp My Ride\"), \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a riotous blessing of emotion. With a deft hand, Wilson corrals words to do his madcap bidding. Mike Wilson's new collection captured me from the first poem and didn't let go. And I didn't want it to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Ahrens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Girl, Her Slipper, and Yesterday's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Wilson's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eblends heart and brain together in a magical relationship. From dream poems to poems that sing, each word is carefully chosen and placed with thought and emotion. Like the line in the first poem, \"Saturday,\" the entire collection \"shines from the inside out.\" \"Spring Melic,\" with its melody of \"swinging\" and \"swishing\" and \"shimmering,\" dances across the page. Even short poems such as \"Om\" and \"Skinny Dip\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eexpand beyond the words with which they're written. This collection is one to be read and reread as the meaning behind each poem will call you to ponder, to sing, to explore the magical relationship of heart and brain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWendy Jett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTainted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798901467084\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\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d","brand":"Mike Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437669757183,"sku":"9798901467084","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7e6623e-a039-4b88-a6e9-dd227b1d395d.jpg?v=1777163298","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-the-fall-mike-wilson-9798901467084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}