{"product_id":"collateral-gary-lemons-9781957799513","title":"Collateral","description":"The poems in \u003ci\u003eCollateral\u003c\/i\u003e aren't blind to the sometimes subtle sometimes graphic suffering that happens as we move from first breath through illness--deprivation-- isolation. It's hard to imagine this when there are sufficient resources to experience love and happiness and good health but deep in our bodies I believe that witnessing suffering is the beginning of empathy. Then what-do we put up lives as collateral--risk everything to be of service--think of Doctors Without Borders--or turn our backs and walk away--or--as most of us do--build our house somewhere between action and indifference. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese poems are vessels with my life inside them. The revolutionary and the sleepwalker-the witness and the victim--merged. If I'm lucky perhaps readers will find themselves in these poems as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Lemons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195779951X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957799513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Moontide Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Gary Lemons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743191314687,"sku":"9781957799513","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collateral-gary-lemons-9781957799513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}