{"product_id":"morning-moon-schaeffer-9781639807987","title":"Morning Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorning Moon, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Laura Schaeffer captures the human experience in verse, where grief and joy dance in delicate balance beneath nature's watchful gaze. Her poetry illuminates the sacred in the ordinary, transforming fleeting moments into eternal truths. Like its namesake - that ethereal glimpse of the moon in daylight - these poems hover between realms, offering both solace and revelation. Schaeffer's voice rings with quiet wisdom and steadfast hope, guiding readers through landscapes both physical and spiritual. This collection stands as a testament to poetry's enduring power to heal, challenge, and uplift the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamarah Rockwood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, CEO, Bainbridge Island Press\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorning Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a precise, aching, and expansive exploration of grief. Schaeffer's poems trace the arc of this familial grief, rendered in terse, vibrant lines: \"Cells bloom. \/ Trunks narrow in reduced frame.\" The speaker finds kinship with \"small things\" - a mustard seed, weavers, clematis, a moth (\"Yes, you want a small word that returns everything lost\"). Schaeffer\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edelivers strange, harrowing moments (\"Last night a woman lied down on the railroad tracks\") alongside intimate ones (\"Your form adorned the day more than color\"), seeking completion: \"But you, lesser light, disappearing, \/\/ showed a way out.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTristan Beach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD Candidate, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Nevada, Reno\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Schaeffer's poems live at the edge of perception. In doing so, they reveal what is most central to the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Townsend\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSetting the Wire: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Schaeffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639807985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639807987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Schaeffer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47453064069375,"sku":"9781639807987","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f09ae2d-99ac-48dd-b2d9-6e8e619b61f1.jpg?v=1761931704","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/morning-moon-schaeffer-9781639807987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}