{"product_id":"things-i-cant-say-in-charlie-w-starr-9781959544197","title":"Things I Can't Say in Prose","description":"But for some business transactions posted on clay tablets in Mesopotamia, poetry is older than prose. Its ancientness signals an archaic mode of thought-something still a part of us lying deep within, something which, because of who we are, means that \u003ci\u003esome\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethings \u003c\/i\u003ecannot be said in any way except through poems... There the timeless moment frozen in time can be expurgated from the self, expressed to others, and examined by those looking to see if any fellow travelers have thought, felt, experienced the same \u003ci\u003ethings\u003c\/i\u003e that they have. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are places where fall colors are \"twenty shades of dull\", and so the traveler must \"choose to\/Notice the multiple shades of earth.\" So Charlie Starr counsels in \"Autumn toward Austin\", and for the reader of this eclectic mix of poems, \"[the] reward is a lesson in subtlety.\" Through shades comical, cosmic, squeamish, and whimsical, Starr takes us on a \"journey...with tiny islands of destination along the way.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Ryan Apple, author of \u003ci\u003eStars and Sparrows Alike\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlie W. Starr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959544195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959544197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wootton Major Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Charlie W. Starr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244261130495,"sku":"9781959544197","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef1001bf-5cbb-4ac4-8e01-7493555da625.jpg?v=1758135319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/things-i-cant-say-in-charlie-w-starr-9781959544197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}