{"product_id":"magpie-mind-eileen-berry-9781632100276","title":"Magpie Mind: poems of people, place, and change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"My magpie mind collects pieces in a puzzle.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003eEileen Berry, \u003c\/strong\u003ep 10, Bye Bye Blackbird\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Magpies were always there in our English garden, pecking around and singling out particular objects. Beautiful black and white birds with loud calls to each other. That is the way this book was put together.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003eEileen Berry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of poetry inspires the mind and imagination with memories and images of people, places, and changes over the years. An inspired geologist who loved the earth and it's inhabitants, Eileen often spoke of the blackbirds in her garden, saying their chatter and happy activity represents the way life builds by memories of tiny events. This book reveals snippits of events in everyday life, collected from childhood into elder years, and surrounded with insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Feelings are whole,\" she entitles a poem, \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"The visual memory I piece together as I write.\u003cbr\u003e The feelings are whole and it is only in writing that I\u003cbr\u003e break them into pieces.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e Pam Knight\u003c\/strong\u003e, publisher\/ writer\/ poet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eileen Berry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632100274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632100276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plain View Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.17d","brand":"Eileen Berry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519031193855,"sku":"9781632100276","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ea2f202-d946-4981-a4bd-95343f1685d7.jpg?v=1778736570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/magpie-mind-eileen-berry-9781632100276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}