{"product_id":"2940148994725","title":"Shadow Love","description":"Rob Mohr’s predominant theme is the bliss and sorrow of love. Not since the Romantics have we seen a man so lay bare his full and sometimes wounded heart. Mohr’s style is often detached and elusive, as well as evocative and sensual. His language is steeped in metaphor and symbolism, much in the way of the French Symbolists, and gives the reader ample room to ponder and interpret. Meaning and the beauty of painterly images are revealed gradually with repeated readings. To my mind the power of these poems lies in their invitation for empathy --- we who have known love and its torments will read and remember.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret van Every, author of A Pillow Filled With Diamonds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob Mohr’s poems are to a woman who is no longer there and they are lovely. His feelings of loss and regret are beautifully rendered. They are romantic poems from a gentler, older world, about how the man apprehends the love he and the woman shared. His love for the woman is palpable and he expresses his feelings with integrity. And so I  read and re-read them, listening to who he is, because his act of revealing himself deserves an open heart to receive it. The whole book shows a sensitivity of feeling that is soul-warming.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Zofia Barisas, author of The Woman Who Thought She Loved Men\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring his decades as a professional artist, Rob Mohr learned to see, and to teach others to see. Now as a writer he is learning to listen, and yes, to teach us to listen as well. The deepest seeing is always done with the heart, as is the deepest listening. When we connect with our hearts, as Rob does, we can travel like the gods, “in swift canoes across the milky way.” Our lives, when listened to, tell stories “in words that cannot be spoken.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Tipton, author of Letters from a Stranger\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bookstand Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111756480752,"sku":"2940148994725","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148994725_p0.jpg?v=1763711200","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148994725","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}