{"product_id":"laying-by-vincent-wixon-9781945824098","title":"Laying By","description":"\u003cp\u003eVince Wixon paints America's Midwest and Pacific Northwest \"weightless.\" We go with the poems' airy, unobtrusive hand and eye-at times we slip in between the realm of ghosts and souls, mother in a coffin, father's life near its end-juxtaposed with the kitchen table lit up in brilliance. Time and desire, the personal private and the open and infinite are sketched here with a magnificent seeing-a keen wisdom balanced between landscape, family, childhood and the always-oscillating present. \u003ci\u003eLaying By\u003c\/i\u003e is magnetic, a rare tenderness and a collection of scenes, portraits, and life-roads to be cherished-Bravo! \u003cbr\u003e- Juan Felipe Herrera, United States Poet Laureate 2015-2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich, dark loam figures in the poems that open and close this compelling collection, beginning with a plow turning up earth \"oily and black as cinders,\" and ending with the image of soil \"black as coal.\" In between, Vince Wixon's \u003ci\u003eLaying By\u003c\/i\u003e offers fertile ground for reverie and epiphany: his meditative and elegiac work is rich with both sensory experience and striking insight. \u003cbr\u003e- Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate 2010-2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese solid, compact, workmanlike poems, often startling in their simplicity, are a pleasure to read. Ranging from boyhood memories of farm life in the Midwest to mature reflections and observations from a backyard in Oregon, they have both substance and credibility. There is often something mysterious lingering around their edges, like a wisp of smoke or a sudden long-forgotten fragrance. \u003cbr\u003e- Clemens Starck, Oregon Book Award Winner for Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincent Wixon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945824093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945824098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Left Fork\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vincent Wixon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486445318399,"sku":"9781945824098","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a79ba23c-c1a2-45ef-9551-157ce71d7117.jpg?v=1778055507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/laying-by-vincent-wixon-9781945824098","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}