{"product_id":"watermark-poems-paperback","title":"Watermark: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Hardin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of Jeff Hardin's inventive seventh collection \u003cem\u003eWatermark\u003c\/em\u003e, a devotional, philosophical faith seeks \"to know what can't be known,\" to step into, as if a sanctuary, \"some deeper \/ deep \/ than what our words \/ can touch.\" In each poem, his meditations stitch back through a visible, vertical phrase-a whispered prayer, a \"watermark\"-that serves not only to anchor \u003cem\u003ethought\u003c\/em\u003e but also to align and to re-align \u003cem\u003ethe purpose of thought\u003c\/em\u003e within \"this bent and broken world.\" Born from Frost, Dickinson, Rilke, Whitman, and others, these phrases bind us and bless us at a time \"when it seems the words \/ to enter others' lives \/ are disappearing.\" In an age in which it is increasingly difficult to \"sort out what is true,\" Hardin's poems invite us to wake to the mystery all around us, to time's revelatory unfolding, and to how our minds might find healing, if not communion, if only we listened intently enough to hear \"the intercessions \/ made on our behalf.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707110133823,"sku":"9781948692809","price":26.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2ea8abf113362d0e1617c5a9c982cef3.webp?v=1765042837","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/watermark-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}