{"product_id":"the-way-to-the-river-shutta-crum-9781639800889","title":"The Way to the River","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way to the River\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003egoes down smooth as a well-aged scotch, with subtle complexities that linger long after the first sip and entice you back for another.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMichael Henry Lee\u003c\/b\u003e. Internationally published haiku and senryu poet, and Southeast Region Coordinator of the Haiku Society of America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivid with nature imagery and music, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way to the River, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Shutta Crum's latest chapbook, leads us through a series of sections that read like mini chapters, each one building upon the next, each poem a jewel of a journey into the past. \"Watch for a road\/that reaches out to touch your foot\/Maybe just a thin thread-an idea of a road\" says the poet in moments of insight where \"the assault of tides-the battering, \/the stretching, has made\" her \"more seasoned against the storm surge,\" or when she asks \"I threw a rock. Someone bled. You?\" She examines her fears, her flaws. What is it that stirs us \"there-just there-something\/a stealthy movement\/a primitive fear nosing in the mud\/someone lost at the root?\" But we are given hope, \"Might I feel the blessings of a dusky sky\/and find forgiveness in the ancient light.\" She even imagines heaven at the end, peppered with a little humor. Her language flows like a river. And we believe her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eZilka Joseph.\u003c\/b\u003e Author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Our Beautiful Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSparrows and Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSharp Blue Search of Flame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShutta Crum finds her way to the river, to baptism and redemption. She pulls up the stuff we've discarded-but also a few rainbows-before she floats in her playful heaven. She describes her journey in a language as clear as the water she hopes will carry her and her readers through the river's twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eKeith Taylor.\u003c\/b\u003e A.L. Becker Collegiate Lecturer in English (retired), and Director, Bear River Writers' Conference (retired)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shutta Crum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639800883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639800889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Shutta Crum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439907909887,"sku":"9781639800889","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79fc7f89-0571-48ca-b3fa-b8cc746a96b3.jpg?v=1777179715","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-way-to-the-river-shutta-crum-9781639800889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}