{"product_id":"she-blooms-softly-bobbie-collins-9781438985145","title":"she blooms softly","description":"\u003cp\u003eshe blooms softly \u003cbr\u003e bobbie collins \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was crazy about him... \u003cbr\u003e but he pursued her friend... \u003cbr\u003e who loved another to the \u003cbr\u003e exclusion of their friendship... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flower you seek says she's taken \u003cbr\u003e But hides quite a lot from my view \u003cbr\u003e Tho close once we now are so different\u003cbr\u003e She's changed from the one that I knew \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMourning unrequited love... \u003cbr\u003e as well as the loss of a girlfriend... \u003cbr\u003e the author sought healing through \u003cbr\u003e her steadfast \"companion\"... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe implement of my expression \u003cbr\u003e Of thoughts that just could not be said \u003cbr\u003e For always my notebook would listen \u003cbr\u003e And into my verse then I fled \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpressing her aching... \u003cbr\u003e she retraced her life journeys... \u003cbr\u003e to mend her heart by revisiting \u003cbr\u003e her verse spanning twenty years... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI started to write at age fifteen \u003cbr\u003e On paper I poured out my soul \u003cbr\u003e For then I had no one to share with \u003cbr\u003e And thus all my words I'd inscroll \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving her free verse with \u003cbr\u003e precise rhyming trimeter quatrains... \u003cbr\u003e her \"poetic autobiography\" \u003cbr\u003e then languished in seclusion... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI write this as if it were to you \u003cbr\u003e But all that I write is for me \u003cbr\u003e If you hear these words it won't matter \u003cbr\u003e The writing of them sets them free\u003cbr\u003e Refocusing her life now...\u003cbr\u003e she shares glimpses into her soul...\u003cbr\u003e as her free verse evolves from \u003cbr\u003e dark, raw, teenage immaturity... \u003cbr\u003e no one \u003cbr\u003e i am nothing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...through exulting with nature's metaphors and seasons of imagery... \u003cbr\u003e amidst the trees \u003cbr\u003e cottoned with snow \u003cbr\u003e a flower blooms \u003cbr\u003e alone \u003cbr\u003e in the hushed wilderness... \u003cbr\u003e blossoms faded \u003cbr\u003e yet radiant \u003cbr\u003e against the bleak whiteness \u003cbr\u003e of winter... \u003cbr\u003e vibrant color \u003cbr\u003e against the harsh blackness \u003cbr\u003e of naked trees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bobbie Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438985142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438985145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Bobbie Collins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48458296262911,"sku":"9781438985145","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee66684d-8fee-41d4-8c6a-d5ae82d1e9c2.jpg?v=1777403548","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/she-blooms-softly-bobbie-collins-9781438985145","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}