{"product_id":"the-world-is-waking-up-jason-ryberg-9781950380572","title":"The World is Waking Up: Poetry of Resistance from Youth Around the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e From the beginning of time, poems have been smuggled \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eout of prisons, exchanged on battlefields, passed from hand \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto hand, carved on walls, written in the margins, distributed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon street corners, and carried in coat-pockets overseas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Every culture and generation produce poetry in response \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the injustices of its time. Deeply rooted in resilience, the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eenduring nature of poetry and its ability to capture the struggles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the past can serve as a sustaining force in a sea of turmoil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf creativity is a form of protest, then the poet is the protester. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePablo Neruda saw the power of poets and the remarkable \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epotential of their words: \u003cem\u003eEarth, people, and poetry are one and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe same entity tied together by mysterious subterranean passages. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the earth blooms, the people breath freedom, the poets sing \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eand show the way.¹ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When poems are gathered together, they form a mighty \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebody that is impossible to constrain, like the sea. Every time a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoem touches someone's conscience, like gathering drops, it \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einvites the possibility for action, forming a tempest. Thus, the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etransformative potential of resistance poetry can serve as a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epotent antidote against the injustices of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Ryberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950380572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950380572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spartan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d","brand":"Jason Ryberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983646785791,"sku":"9781950380572","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_590d6202-4543-449b-954f-be7e25e34d50.jpg?v=1683267895","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-is-waking-up-jason-ryberg-9781950380572","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}