{"product_id":"city-of-bridges-jo-shade-salmon-poetry","title":"City of Bridges; Jo Shade (Salmon Poetry)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: As New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this her fourth collection of poetry, Jo Slade explores the fractured landscape of memories and meanings. These are poems of the journey; always moving forward and deeper into an essential truth that is her own individual voice. There is a shamanic quality to these poems, meaning and metaphor combine to create a unique music, a language sometimes tentative, that enables her to understand the complexity of meaning itself. Crossings are a necessary part of the journey. Sometimes risky, they require a kind of leap of faith, as in the act of poetry. But ultimately poetry sustains, even within the limitations of language, there is a way through to understanding. In \"Crossings\" we read:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou see too much\u003cbr\u003ethat is why the treachery of crossings\u003cbr\u003einhibits you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook -\u003cbr\u003ethe bridge is certainly wide enough\u003cbr\u003eand utterly luminous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Secret Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48311918592345,"sku":"4504","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/8921\/4278\/files\/CityofBridges_JoShade_SalmonPoetry.jpg?v=1715164714","url":"https:\/\/www.thesecretbookstore.live\/products\/city-of-bridges-jo-shade-salmon-poetry","provider":"The Secret Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}