{"product_id":"vindauga-hawkspring-publishing-9781736084243","title":"Vindauga: The Secret Window","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVindauga: The Secret Window\u003c\/i\u003e received the most distinguished honor of having Kent State University and the University of Oregon select it for Special Collections and Archives. His autobiographical novel \u003ci\u003eShadow to Light\u003c\/i\u003e was also chosen. Vindauga, Nordic for window, is a metaphor for the poet's rarefied state of mind attempting to answer perplexing esoteric questions. In the poem \u003ci\u003eMirror, \u003c\/i\u003ehe questions what is real, or what is the difference between truth and illusion. In such poems as \u003ci\u003eThe Poet, Prisoner of the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSoul \u003c\/i\u003ehe examines what it means to be a poet. In such poems as \u003ci\u003eCloistered Brides\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSecond Coming\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFossils Don't Lie\u003c\/i\u003e he questions the difference between the sacred and the profane. In \u003ci\u003eVortex of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLover's Lamentation, \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eI Will Sleep in Your Soul\u003c\/i\u003e he explores the nature of love. Death and immortality are questioned in \u003ci\u003eThe Deepest Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Party, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLocus Amoenus. \u003c\/i\u003e Why is evil ordained he asks in \u003ci\u003eI Came with Auschwitz \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Towers. \u003c\/i\u003eHe confesses to his visions and hallucinations in \u003ci\u003eEye of the Kundalini\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeyote Vision\u003c\/i\u003e. He defines his theory Spirit of Blood - our inclination for violence. In \u003ci\u003eThe Epistle and When the Lights Go Out, \u003c\/i\u003e he ruminates on the end of time. Let those who are fearless peer through this secret window.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hawkspring Publishing,Michael Ingram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736084240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736084243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingram Creates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Hawkspring Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439991599359,"sku":"9781736084243","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57a1e4ed-941f-4c06-b80d-efc28fb630da.jpg?v=1777180031","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vindauga-hawkspring-publishing-9781736084243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}