{"product_id":"firecracker-jess-strauss-9781450255967","title":"Firecracker: Poems at 93","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is no connection between being ninety-three years old and being ancient or timeless. The poems in this collection are contemporary-real, sincere, and thought-provoking. Strauss explores the many degrees of love-from young to old, from family to valued friends-in provocative and compassionate verse. Neither is love his only topic. He offers poetic viewpoints on poverty, disability, and war; he recalls traveling the long trail of parenthood from newly born child through to adulthood. The obstacles and joys in life that might be faced by age ninety-three bear examination in \u003ci\u003eFirecracker: Poems at 93\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFire Cracker \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are many things I'd like to be\u003cbr\u003eThere are many lives I'd like to live\u003cbr\u003eAbove all I'd like to feel free\u003cbr\u003eTo live and love, to forgive\u003cbr\u003eA state of mind haunts my soul\u003cbr\u003eOne unusual wish torments my mind\u003cbr\u003eTo build my energy so it can explode\u003cbr\u003eI wish I were a firecracker of some kind\u003cbr\u003eI'd light the sky with flames of love\u003cbr\u003eI'd burn away the troubles of the world\u003cbr\u003ePeople could look down, around and above\u003cbr\u003eTo know sunshine, clouds, see stars unfurl\u003cbr\u003eI'd arouse curiosity in children\u003cbr\u003eI'd teach them what controlled energy can do\u003cbr\u003eI'd teach them how music can enfold them\u003cbr\u003eI'd teach them to understand things old and new\u003cbr\u003eI'd like to be a firecracker, and make my mark in time\u003cbr\u003eWith a loving companion as a backer, \u003cbr\u003eI'd explode with love in a life sublime\u003cbr\u003eThough you may not see love, I'll know\u003cbr\u003eAs a firecracker, I could make it so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jess Strauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1450255965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450255967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Jess Strauss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458387947775,"sku":"9781450255967","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f64cfad-a360-43b7-8c5b-14713b1b9ad5.jpg?v=1777404126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/firecracker-jess-strauss-9781450255967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}