{"product_id":"witness-paperback-6","title":"Witness - 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\u003eShawn Pittard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in a landscape of rivers, oceans, forests and dreams, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWitness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is an intimate and unflinching exploration of family, love, aging, dementia, caregiving and death. These poems are meditations on the changing sense of identity we experience in older age which, ultimately, reveals one's unique, intrinsic character. By caring for his declining mother, the poet is guided into his own older age and towards a better understanding of his own essential self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The poems in Shawn Pittard's \u003cem\u003eWitness\u003c\/em\u003e offer us a world where every breath, every step could be the last, yet each also serves as revelation, a panorama, a shimmering strand in the web of connection and existence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Susan Kelly-DeWitt, author of \u003cem\u003eFrangible Operas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With these reflections Pittard invites us to appreciate the paradoxes raised by death-the mundane becoming the sacred; the losses, a gift; mortality AND joy.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Molly DenBoer Stuart, facilitator, \"Conversations About Death\" programs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is a work of beautifully assembled words shaped around gratitude and respect. It is a book of sharing. ... Deeply personal. A reflection. A celebration- Shawn opens the door and welcomes you to come inside.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Danyen Powell, facilitator, The Sacramento Poetry Center's Tuesday Night Poetry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52730679558451,"sku":"9781956285772","price":23.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/M7_YXIr0C29781956285772_467877b7-94ae-4b26-ace3-0651346bb670.webp?v=1763841332","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/witness-paperback-6","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}