{"product_id":"fold-unfold-nancy-jakobsson-9798844080128","title":"Fold \u0026 Unfold: Poems by Nancy Jakobsson","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do you unfold a day? A dream? A relationship drawing to a close? Something broken? Nancy Jakobsson's poems in \u003ci\u003eFold \u0026amp; Unfold\u003c\/i\u003e offer instructions, not guidelines but guiding lines to absorb and be inspired by. We fold letters into envelopes and fold sheets we place on linen closet shelves. We unfold letters that arrive and blankets for warmth. When we open a trunk of special memories, we unfold and refold them, remembering, and sometimes polish the silver. We close the trunk. and we live our life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLifting each piece gently, remembering, \u003cbr\u003eI unfold the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esurprised by what lasts, \u003cbr\u003ethe stubbornness of things both soft and hard, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Her poem \"Sometimes It Takes the Dreamer a Long Time to Notice,\" captures a dream in which tiny butterflies with white-fringed wingtips move in patterns inside a white sphere with a hole the dreamer can see into this tiny world.\u003cbr\u003eLike the dream, the poems in this collection offer \"a wonder of aliveness.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Veronica Patterson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Nancy writes about place so eloquently-place in the geographic sense and the place of each of us in the scheme of it all. Her years as a grief counselor are reflected in the strong compassion that flows from lovely works.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Roger Clark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Jakobsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798844080128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Nancy Jakobsson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852093796607,"sku":"9798844080128","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fold-unfold-nancy-jakobsson-9798844080128","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}