{"product_id":"swans-island-buoys-and-other-donald-junkins-9781450244312","title":"Swans Island Buoys and Other Lines","description":"In \u003ci\u003eSwans Island Buoys and Other Lines, \u003c\/i\u003e an award-winning poet shares his compilation of poetry spanning forty years and providing a colorful glimpse into life on a small working island in Blue Hill Bay in the Downeast Maine coastal waters. Donald Junkins, a former professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Director of the Master of Fine Arts program in English, offers seventy-five poems presented in a lyrical, resonant voice. Junkins includes original poetry and works previously published in such journals as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Virginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and the two-volume anthology \u003ci\u003eContemporary New England Poetry.\u003c\/i\u003e With a polished style, Junkins illustrates daily life for the 350 year-round inhabitants who orchestrate their lives around the tides, nightly winds, lobstering, fog, and late summer rains. In a world where the natural ebb and flow of nature dictates everyday life, Junkins offers an exquisite collection of poetry reminiscent of a time gone by. \u003ci\u003eOn this late morning in late June two yellow butterflies traverse the beach peas where the seawall begins. Mourning doves sound in the air.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Junkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1450244319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450244312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d","brand":"Donald Junkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44450141208831,"sku":"9781450244312","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_409e93d8-cad4-41c6-9b95-0bda360a633f.jpg?v=1698503015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/swans-island-buoys-and-other-donald-junkins-9781450244312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}