{"product_id":"9780994547026","title":"The Mindful Art of Verandaku: Micro Poems in a Macro World - Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eVolume 2 of \u003ci\u003eThe Mindful Art of Verandaku\u003c\/i\u003e features double the number of poems of Volume 1, together with a mini-workshop on creating these small, energetic, and self-contained moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerandaku is the daughter of Haiku, the beloved Japanese poetic form which has become popular around the world, written and enjoyed by both adults and children. Volume 2 of \u003ci\u003eThe Mindful Art of Verandaku\u003c\/i\u003e completes the collection of poems created by Jay Verney's Verandaku Project, \u003ci\u003e999 Verandakus\u003c\/i\u003e, which began in August 2010 on the blog Veranda Life with a post each day of one Verandaku accompanied by a photograph. The project ran for 999 consecutive days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume of over 600 verandakus, with selected images, includes a mini-workshop on how to go about capturing the moments that transform into verandakus, the mindful artworks that can tell any kind of story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerandaku is a poetic form you can use to write and remember the moments that create the days and months and years of your life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree short lines of 17 syllables. Five, seven, five is all it takes. Verandaku is waiting for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside and outside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerandakus are calling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor pen, paper, breath\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zen Kettle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50088297201904,"sku":"9780994547026","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780994547026","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}