{"product_id":"into-the-misty-abysses-gary-edwards-9798413001578","title":"Into the Misty Abysses: Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis little collection of fifty two poems by Gary Edwards manages to capture and lay bare a whole range of thoughts and emotions of the sort that define the human spirit, from youth through advancing years: The joy, the sorrows, hopes and fears that make us what we are. The youthful search for an identity and self worth--a journey through \"long blind alleys\" and \"noisy smoke filled rooms . . . peering deeply into strange dark corners\" searching for lost innocence. A growing awareness of the passage of time, the changing of the seasons and the fleeting moments of youth. And an appreciation of the subtle beauties of nature (\"Netherworldly mist \/ Softly shrouds the lifeless trees \/ Ghostlike shades of gray\"). The beauty of the restless ocean, and a recognition that though they may lack a deeper meaning (\"waves are only waves\"), their beauty is enough. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally, laced throughout these poems is an awareness, an acceptance, that all is not forever. That there will be an end: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat I could plumb the depths of its beauty-\u003cbr\u003eThe shrouded wood\u003cbr\u003eOr understand what makes it so inviting.\u003cbr\u003eBut for me it is enough\u003cbr\u003eTo watch it from afar\u003cbr\u003eAnd know that it has always been there, \u003cbr\u003eAnd will remain when I am gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798413001578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Gary Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851500630271,"sku":"9798413001578","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/into-the-misty-abysses-gary-edwards-9798413001578","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}