{"product_id":"the-distance-between-hopes-and-charles-lobaito-9781462045648","title":"The Distance between Hopes and Dreams: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Distance between Hopes and Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003e author Charles Lobaito presents a collection of poetry that embodies and explores the human spirit. We all wish to be great, and we all dream beyond the heights of our imagination. The verses contained here examine those wishes and dreams--their conception and their accomplishment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach poem in this volume offers a journey--a literary awakening into the places we know and beyond. The collection combines three books of poetry into one volume. \u003ci\u003ePerception of the Navigator\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on seizing one's destiny. \u003ci\u003eThe Epiphany Maker\u003c\/i\u003e explores the abstract and the discovery of fate. \u003ci\u003eNotebooks from the Past\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on life in its search for peace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom love to war, hope to promise, history to time, freedom to knowledge, the verses in this collection share honest, witty, and philosophical considerations of life at the dawn of the twenty-first century. \u003ci\u003eThe Distance between Hopes and Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to bring out the poet and dreamer in all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf Dreams Were Keys There'd Be No Locks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoor I\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf dreams were keys there'd be no locks, \u003cbr\u003e All prisons empty, true love run amok \u003cbr\u003e Fat angels would smile with rifles, and socks: \u003cbr\u003e To target the banana-strawberry heart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoor II\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWithout any locks, lions would hunt\u003cbr\u003e Like beasts, to pounce, thus reinvent pun, \u003cbr\u003e Or breed like citizens for sport, and court: \u003cbr\u003e Under the vanilla paper bag sun ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Lobaito\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462045642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462045648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Charles Lobaito","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489267110143,"sku":"9781462045648","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42dcd89a-4fba-4104-a3ea-a5d4595cea0f.jpg?v=1736953052","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-distance-between-hopes-and-charles-lobaito-9781462045648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}