{"product_id":"lean-on-the-wind-a-collection-of-poems-celebrating-life-paperback-1","title":"Lean on the Wind: A Collection of Poems Celebrating Life - 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\u003ePatricia L. Salter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Patricia Salter was born into a lively and creative family. The second of five children, her father was a professor and her mother a published poet. Although she was born in Philadelphia, she has lived the greater part of her life in Madison, Wisconsin. Hers was a peripatetic family, giving her and her siblings the opportunity to live East, West, and South while growing up. \u003cb\u003eLean on the Wind\u003c\/b\u003e reflects the passions and challenges of her younger years, while also demonstrating her love of music, art, gardening, and nature. Although most of the poems were written nearly a half century ago, these words, like a just-discovered fine wine, have mellowed with the years and come to us as smooth, evocative and satisfying. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePoet's Apology\u003c\/b\u003e How else can I say what the sky is tonight, Where is there a word still unsung? There's a ribbon of gold-alas!-this is trite But still 'tis a ribbon-far flung, From the reaches of heaven to the edge of the earth, A ribbon of gold is unfurled, Ah! I mourn that there is in my brain such a dearth Of words to describe my loved world. But what can I do, that's not long since been done By poets more skillful than I- They wrote of this beauty 'ere I had begun, Yet, I am here now. I must try!\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728944984371,"sku":"9781450260060","price":18.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/eaMsVSMODc9781450260060_97871178-aceb-45b8-bef5-097d87bfc3c0.webp?v=1763794781","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/lean-on-the-wind-a-collection-of-poems-celebrating-life-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}