{"product_id":"birth-certificate-john-valentine-9781949512229","title":"Birth Certificate: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eBirth and being mark the poems in this second collection by philosopher John Valentine, who meditates on the nature of humanity and existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach verse is a metaphysical musing, an inquiry without an \"I\" and a dialogue in silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemplating our ever-entwined virtues and vices, \u003cem\u003eBirth Certificate\u003c\/em\u003e dwells on the divine and tragic, the spirited and frail, to create an image of the ideal -- an ephemeral mandala offering order amid \"displacement in the sea of beings\" -- only to be swept away with the breath and water of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949512223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949512229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Swanhorse Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.25d","brand":"John Valentine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519696613631,"sku":"9781949512229","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4a7d894-97a1-4abc-a958-f49a2789b715.jpg?v=1778738257","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/birth-certificate-john-valentine-9781949512229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}