{"product_id":"wild-honey-tough-salt-poems-by-kim-robert-stafford","title":"Stafford, Kim: Wild Honey, Tough Salt","description":"\u003cp\u003eRed Hen Press (paperback, 2019)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cem\u003eWild Honey, Tough Salt\u003c\/em\u003e offers a prismatic view of Earth citizenship, where we must now be ambidextrous. The book takes a stern look inward calling for sturdy character and supple spirit, and a bold look outward seeking ways to engage grief trouble. The book begins with poems that witness a buoyant life in a difficult world: wandering New Orleans in a trance, savoring the life of artist Tove Jansson, reading the fine print on the Mexican peso and the Scottish five-pound note. Clues to untapped energy lie everywhere by the lens of poetry. The book then moves to considerations of the worst in us--torture and war: how to recruit a child soldier? How to be married to the heartless guard? What to say to your child who is enamored by bullets? In the third section, the book offers a spangle of poems blessing earth: wren song, bud growth, river's eager way with obstacles. And the final section offers poems of affection: infant clarities of home, long marriage in dog years, a consoling campfire in the yard when all seems lost. The book will soften your trouble, and give you spirit for the days ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31758223867927,"sku":"9781597098960","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/ks.gif?v=1602109781","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/wild-honey-tough-salt-poems-by-kim-robert-stafford","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}