{"product_id":"9780982116692","title":"Heaven In Our Hearts: Selected poems by Nick LeForce","description":"This collection of poems by the Nick LeForce, the Transformational Poet, comes with a warning:\u003cp\u003eNever ask a poet for advice unless you are willing to tolerate ambiguity because a poet speaks in more than meaning, \u003cbr\u003ewraps words in rhythms, sounds in sensations; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egiving you, instead, a message in a bottle tossed in the sea from a distant shore, \u003cbr\u003ewritten in a code you must crack and filled with the fragments of a map that may just lead you to the treasure your heart most desires.\u003cbr\u003e(Excerpt from \"Message in a Bottle\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it does deliver a map by dividing the poems into four sections-Living, Losing, Learning, and Loving. Although this sequence is not mandatory, it serves as a guide. If we can use our living and losing as a learning to be more loving, then we do have a chance of finding \"heaven in our hearts.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title comes from the poem, \"Heaven,\" which celebrates the elevation of oneself that occurs when someone believes in you:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, you came! \u003cbr\u003eYou believed in me.\u003cbr\u003eYour eyes twinkling like stars in the night sky witnessing my dreams. \u003cbr\u003eYour smile rising like the morning sun,\u003cbr\u003emelting walls and gates and awakening the magic in me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can I ever give to you what you have given me?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI offer what I have with love. \u003cbr\u003eI pour the wine of my words into your cup, wanting us to get drunk on life and share the heaven in our hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inner Works Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47872116228336,"sku":"9780982116692","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780982116692_p0.jpg?v=1763883563","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982116692","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}