{"product_id":"9780692816271","title":"Choose Life: Poetry, Prose and Photography","description":"The poems in Choose Life knock on your door like a familiar friend stopping by to share a cup of tea. Finding themselves a comfortable chair in your living room, they speak of universal themes offering reassurance, hope, and encouragement. Each poem shows up with a photograph so that you can see as well as hear their whisperings of wisdom and magic. \u003cp\u003eChoose Life is dedicated to my 98-year-old father's philosophy of life. His life's purpose is encouraging people to look forward to growing older, to try something new, to be positive and to exercise daily. \u003cbr\u003eTo help create this book, my father chose which of my poems and photographs best represent his philosophy of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are poems that offer inspiration: \u003cbr\u003eChoose Life (page 2)\u003cbr\u003eGo ahead, Choose Life.\u003cbr\u003eNo - not fifteen minutes of fame,\u003cbr\u003ethe untouchable stash of money in the vault, or the unknown gorgeous person on your arm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoems for fun: Grumbling (page 4)\u003cbr\u003eI want to kick a stone down the street over and over again,\u003cbr\u003euntil my nice, new black shoes are scuffed and I can grumble at the stone that caused it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoems that offer Guidance: Don't Hit the Tree. (page 62)\u003cbr\u003eFrom the top of the hill, all I see are wooden monoliths guarding a narrow passageway.\u003cbr\u003eMy skis start to slip down the polished slope,\u003cbr\u003eas I begin my chant: \"Don't hit the tree.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't hit the tree!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNature Poems: Redwood (page 40)\u003cbr\u003eA tree passed me by the other day,\u003cbr\u003eas it journeyed into the next century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoems that explore going Beyond Expectations (page 66)\u003cbr\u003eWhat if I sailed beyond expectations and fears?\u003cbr\u003eKept going into the unknown beyond the bounds of predictability over the edge of - what?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jan Ogren","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49862527549680,"sku":"9780692816271","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692816271","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}