{"product_id":"the-way-to-the-river-paperback","title":"The Way to the River - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShutta Crum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way to the River\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003egoes down smooth as a well-aged scotch, with subtle complexities that linger long after the first sip and entice you back for another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMichael Henry Lee\u003c\/b\u003e. Internationally published haiku and senryu poet, and Southeast Region Coordinator of the Haiku Society of America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivid with nature imagery and music, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way to the River, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Shutta Crum's latest chapbook, leads us through a series of sections that read like mini chapters, each one building upon the next, each poem a jewel of a journey into the past. \"Watch for a road\/that reaches out to touch your foot\/Maybe just a thin thread-an idea of a road\" says the poet in moments of insight where \"the assault of tides-the battering, \/the stretching, has made\" her \"more seasoned against the storm surge,\" or when she asks \"I threw a rock. Someone bled. You?\" She examines her fears, her flaws. What is it that stirs us \"there-just there-something\/a stealthy movement\/a primitive fear nosing in the mud\/someone lost at the root?\" But we are given hope, \"Might I feel the blessings of a dusky sky\/and find forgiveness in the ancient light.\" She even imagines heaven at the end, peppered with a little humor. Her language flows like a river. And we believe her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eZilka Joseph.\u003c\/b\u003e Author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Our Beautiful Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSparrows and Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSharp Blue Search of Flame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShutta Crum finds her way to the river, to baptism and redemption. She pulls up the stuff we've discarded-but also a few rainbows-before she floats in her playful heaven. She describes her journey in a language as clear as the water she hopes will carry her and her readers through the river's twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eKeith Taylor.\u003c\/b\u003e A.L. Becker Collegiate Lecturer in English (retired), and Director, Bear River Writers' Conference (retired)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 74\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54054609781043,"sku":"9781639800889","price":29.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/KGCDW8BddI9781639800889.webp?v=1789030283","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-way-to-the-river-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}