{"product_id":"ripples-ahrend-torrey-9781936671908","title":"Ripples: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eRipples invites an awakening-\"the sun lifting itself, over the fence, and the tree.\" As we read, \"a ripple wave appears ... a pine nut falls into the dark, still pond ...\" Dying monarchs, oily waters of the Mississippi, emaciated polar bears-the mindless rush of life is transformed through a meditation of the moment. Mindful observations allow us to see through our fears. Ask the delicate holy basil leaves why we live; watch it grow; steep tulsi; and hear \"There's not just you, there's us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShock waves of the pandemic threaten to kill our abilities to feel and see: shameful social injustices alongside connections. \"Look at those two rivers ... Kneel on your knees in the boat. Lean over the edge at the very touching of the two-where the seagulls shimmer off the water-where sun glimmers. ... What do you see now, cupped in your palms? Not the dense brown, like first you saw, not the green-blue, but another color, another color.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoems that help us acknowledge the disease of fear and hatred. How do we think about race, gender, and sexual orientation? \"Is our mind, our environment, \/ and our environment, our mind?\" Who are we as a culture of individuals? Self and Other start to bleed into each other. \"We paint on our face\" to try to function in a society that suffocates diversity, individuality, creativity. While \"one thing you can't control \/ is your heart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ahrend Torrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936671905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936671908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pinyon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Ahrend Torrey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440146788607,"sku":"9781936671908","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a0ccafd-131c-45ad-b7bc-e694d66bb440.jpg?v=1777180506","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ripples-ahrend-torrey-9781936671908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}