{"product_id":"love-song-port-starboard-paperback","title":"Love Song: Port \u0026 Starboard - 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\u003eAnn Chinnis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am truly, amazingly for once, speechless. Not because I'm \"older than Hippocrates,\" or a blue heron just landed on my morning dock, and certainly not because \"it's 5 a.m. in the ER, fluorescent lights buzzing.\" No, I am because I just finished reading Ann Chinnis's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Song: Port \u0026amp; Starboard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and am overwhelmed by the beauty of such profound compassion, the high exalted music of a prophet soul praising \"the soft, brown bruise. . . of living.\" I don't fish or boat and am certainly not an ER doctor committed to an endless line of \"drenched\" emergencies, though now I know what all this feels like. Now I too am wrapped \"bashful\" in saving lives, and know what love feels like from the deep inside. Now I too want to \"grab a handful of mane and fling\" myself \"onto destiny's haunches.\" This is poetry unlike anyone else's, songs that praise the living and the dead. Believe me, you too will be speechless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Schultz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eFailure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand Pulitzer Prize winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere but for the grace, one feels, as there with grace, when reading these tactile, heart-breaking poems that embrace the very heart of the human condition. Ann Chinnis strikes a profound balance - more a braiding - of solace and solitude out on the waters of forgiveness, with no small portion of soul-wrenching ashore. One can only wish to have had Ann Chinnis as one's physician; but the recompence is to have entry into her gorgeous poems. These are poems in full sail, with a poet of extraordinary powers at the tiller. Are they lyrics disguised as narratives, or narratives disguised as lyrics? The answer, most engagingly, is yes. What a balancing act, and what joy to have this gorgeous book in one's hands!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Levine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, artistic director and publisher, Tupelo Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522265604403,"sku":"9798901469798","price":38.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YD0J3cr_aY9798901469798.webp?v=1781968075","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/love-song-port-starboard-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}