{"product_id":"counting-the-ways-sharon-rhutasel-jones-9781639808380","title":"Counting the Ways","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis heartfelt collection of poems sprouting out of closets, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ecamposantos, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and keep-sake boxes, gifts us a past tangled with the present. Haiku, haibun, tankas, and persona poems, like wild rose bushes, pricking the senses with blossoms and thorns. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsí es la vida. Así son\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eestos poemas.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e In \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCounting the Ways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e we hear voices speaking, dialogues and utterances that refuse to be forgotten. Sometimes it's them. Sometimes it's us. Sometimes it's the poet ruminating through dreams, not afraid of waking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLevi Romero\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Inaugural New Mexico State Poet Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate and conversational, the poems in Sharon Rhutasel Jones' new book \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCounting the Ways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e feel as warm and inviting as a shared meal. Rooted in the landscape of New Mexico, these poems are love songs to a place, to people and pets and wildlife, sometimes sprinkled with subtle humor, sometimes weighted with heartache, always with an alert eye on the world outside her door. The poems that make up sections of the book display the quality and agility of Rhutasel-Jones' attention and associations, and even the smallest contains a large space for wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Aronson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnchor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhost Child of the Atalanta Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreature, Creature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharon Rhutasel Jones buzzes, bee-like, in and out of flowers at will, into a multitude of magic trunks where memories, laced to poignant mementoes, stay ever fresh and dazzling. She presents a compelling array of images that arrest, awaken, realign our senses and remind us of all that endures, or should endure. Love is the mother-lode fuel for these fleeting, inward journeys, the connecting rod to the often disparate, provocative pairing of images. William Blake, Ezra Pound, and without a doubt, Wallace Stevens, would buy this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eByron Lindsey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor, Emeritus, The University of New Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharon Rhutasel-Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639808388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639808380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Sharon Rhutasel-Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437592097023,"sku":"9781639808380","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49937593-3eb1-470a-a6f6-9f3bf0dc2524.jpg?v=1777162777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/counting-the-ways-sharon-rhutasel-jones-9781639808380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}