{"product_id":"star-quilt-roberta-hill-whiteman-9780930100964","title":"Star Quilt: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStar Quilt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are notes to lightning in my bedroom.\u003cbr\u003e A star forged from linen thread and patches.\u003cbr\u003e Purple, yellow, red like diamond suckers, children\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the star gleam on sweaty nights. The quilt unfolds\u003cbr\u003e against sheets, moving, warm clouds of Chinook.\u003cbr\u003e It covers my cuts, my red birch clusters under pine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder it your mouth begins a legend, \u003cbr\u003e and wide as the plain, I hope Wisconsin marshes\u003cbr\u003e promise your caress. The candle locks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eus in forest smells, your cheek tattered\u003cbr\u003e by shadow. Sweetened by wings, my mothlike heart\u003cbr\u003e flies nightly among geraniums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe know of land that looks lonely, \u003cbr\u003e but isn't, of beef with hides of velveteen, \u003cbr\u003e of sorrow, an eddy in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStar quilt, sewn from dawn light by fingers\u003cbr\u003e of flint, take away those touches\u003cbr\u003e meant for noisier skins, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eannoint us with grass and twilight air, \u003cbr\u003e so we may embrace, two bitter roots\u003cbr\u003e pushing back into the dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberta Hill Whiteman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0930100964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780930100964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holy Cow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.31d","brand":"Roberta Hill Whiteman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926831988991,"sku":"9780930100964","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_99c8edbe-afdf-4aef-9b38-b74b0c95c0ad.jpg?v=1681085267","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/star-quilt-roberta-hill-whiteman-9780930100964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}