{"product_id":"central-to-the-task-paperback","title":"Central to the Task - 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\u003eLisa Rhoades\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her new collection, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCentral to the Task\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lisa Rhoades offers poems that explore gardens, neighborhoods, and the intimate rooms of family life and reflect on the delicate balance between sorrow and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e Rhoades attends to details of nature-forsythia blooming into spring, birds moving through the branches before dawn, light shifting on water. She demonstrates how closely the rhythms of the landscape mirror the life of the heart. Her poems focus steadily on illness, loss, marriage, parenting, and the passage of time, with a quiet reverence for everyday moments. Using free verse and formal structures, Rhoades's voice remains clear, observant, and deeply humane. A fallen bird, a winter shoreline, acts of tending a garden, and memories of loved ones form a startling gateway into questions about belonging and resilience. Rhoades returns repeatedly to what remains essential--a microcosm of daily life that inevitably explodes into a universe.\u003cp\u003eContemplative, honest, and quietly hopeful, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCentral to the Task\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers to pause and to notice the overlooked grace surrounding them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377651212595,"sku":"9781955194495","price":26.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/sIJTTK1PqB9781955194495.webp?v=1779326030","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/central-to-the-task-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}