{"product_id":"second-nature-poems-paperback","title":"Second Nature: Poems - 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\u003eEric Paul Shaffer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these poems, Eric Paul Shaffer explores second nature, \"a practice natural enough to look natural.\" Practice means acting within every moment and also means refining the most elegant and economical way to act. Practice is both what we do and what we learn to do well. These simultaneous senses reveal our second nature, whether one reads bumper stickers, counts magpies, imagines a brother as a river, grieves a lost mango tree, or squints the eye just enough to see clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Always outside of ourselves, the world looks just so\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e when we travel far enough. Inked and painted lines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e are ours, drawn from us, not the sky, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e not the earth, not even the whorls at the tip of a finger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Look softly, and the world blurs. Edges vanish. I slacken\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e my sight and exfine the world, erase brinks, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e mute borders, and \u003cem\u003ethen\u003c\/em\u003e I see. In a fade of red, I see a world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e in flux. In a mist of green, I see what I should never expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In a splash of white, I see an eternity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e no one wants. I see all the same way snow smooths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the verge of a cliff and deroughs the peaks of mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - from \"Exfinition\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522201182515,"sku":"9781587750601","price":25.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/2liXp9_92L9781587750601.webp?v=1781966769","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/second-nature-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}