{"product_id":"blue-window-deborah-gordon-cooper-9780997364323","title":"Blue Window: Poems by Deborah Gordon Cooper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Cooper's poetry delivers healing compassion, bringing readers into a landscape of solace and renewal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDark clouds this morning\u003cbr\u003e casting shadows on the waves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand still the birds sing, \u003cbr\u003e one of sorrow, two of grace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGranted a residency at the Cill Rialaig Artists Retreat in County Kerry, Ireland, Deborah looked out from the loft of a stone cottage through a blue-framed window as she crafted a number of the poems collected in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet even as she sometimes describes the world through a lens of grief (Deborah began writing when she was a hospice chaplain), this collection includes many new works on the theme of light returning after a night of solitary wakefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Marked by breath and memory, by the holiness of ordinary things, each page opens windows to a world of empathetic light.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Kimberly Blaeser, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2015-16)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Window\u003c\/em\u003e is Cooper's sixth volume of poetry, following \u003cem\u003eUnder the Influence of Lilacs\u003c\/em\u003e (Clover Valley Press, 2010). Her poems appeared in two collections by her writing group of twenty years, including \u003cem\u003eBound Together: Like the Grasses\u003c\/em\u003e (Clover Valley Press, 2013), winner of the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Poetry. Deborah co-edited three anthologies of poetry, most recently \u003cem\u003eAmethyst and Agate\u003c\/em\u003e (Holy Cow Press, 2015). She was the 2012-14 Poet Laureate of Duluth, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Window\u003c\/em\u003e is a rich collection of poetry for anyone seeking consolation and expression of the arresting loveliness of \"this right light.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Gordon Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997364327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997364323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clover Valley Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Deborah Gordon Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43927248306431,"sku":"9780997364323","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_24cf4185-adb8-497b-98e4-7748ffec0aba.jpg?v=1681087727","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-window-deborah-gordon-cooper-9780997364323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}