{"product_id":"welcome-to-guardian-angel-school-paperback","title":"Welcome to Guardian Angel School - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJody Winer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Finishing Line Press 2019 Chapbook Competition, this sharply observant, powerful poetry collection explores the mysteries of connection and loss: the ways we co-exist, love, and leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaping and swerving, Jody Winer's poems move across centuries and species: from an alligator farm lake to the moon's dry seas, from a stalled subway car to a 7-Eleven parking lot, from the garden of Eden to a burnt apple orchard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to guardian angel school: \"Expect scant correlation between love and safety.\" The nation is haunted by \"flickering strip malls and the Rust Belt's forlorn fortresses.\" We are expert at denial: \"Though we know what's missing\/our eyes still see complete trees. To live\/we self-deceive.\" Grief \"makes you write\/your dead friend's name on the grocery list.\" What to do? These poems implore us to be curious, ask questions, pay attention. As any student should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig answers are scarce, but small signs of hope abound. Light shines through dark times: \"infrared visible ultraviolet X\/raiser of spirits.... our daily bread sign of warm bed\/and someone home.\" Death looms, but so does love: \"As hours kill, chimes make fireworks.\" Imagination transforms: \"There's still time.\/No end to invented light.\" So why not \"Picture a Mount Rushmore for Women\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 46\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.11 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42742813491263,"sku":"9781646621415","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5ee5908dd25484d3dca4628563948426.webp?v=1765164807","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/welcome-to-guardian-angel-school-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}