{"product_id":"lean-on-the-wind-patricia-l-salter-9781450260084","title":"Lean on the Wind: A Collection of Poems Celebrating Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor Patricia Salter was born into a lively and creative family. The second of five children, her father was a professor and her mother a published poet. Although she was born in Philadelphia, she has lived the greater part of her life in Madison, Wisconsin. Hers was a peripatetic family, giving her and her siblings the opportunity to live East, West, and South while growing up. \u003cb\u003eLean on the Wind\u003c\/b\u003e reflects the passions and challenges of her younger years, while also demonstrating her love of music, art, gardening, and nature. Although most of the poems were written nearly a half century ago, these words, like a just-discovered fine wine, have mellowed with the years and come to us as smooth, evocative and satisfying. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePoet's Apology\u003c\/b\u003e How else can I say what the sky is tonight, Where is there a word still unsung? There's a ribbon of gold-alas!-this is trite But still 'tis a ribbon-far flung, From the reaches of heaven to the edge of the earth, A ribbon of gold is unfurled, Ah! I mourn that there is in my brain such a dearth Of words to describe my loved world. But what can I do, that's not long since been done By poets more skillful than I- They wrote of this beauty 'ere I had begun, Yet, I am here now. I must try!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia L. Salter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 145026008X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450260084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Patricia L. Salter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44634491388159,"sku":"9781450260084","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6aa1acf1-fde4-4637-925d-d5554b2551b6.jpg?v=1703589619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lean-on-the-wind-patricia-l-salter-9781450260084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}