{"product_id":"9780996931748","title":"Hugging This Rock: Poems of Earth \u0026 Sky, Love \u0026 War","description":"In a new collection of poetry about life and war as a pilot, parent, and outdoor sports enthusiast, Northeastern Minnesota author Eric \"Shmo\" Chandler delivers plenty in laughs and love-of family, of country, and of navigating one's place in the world. Whether soaring at 40,000 feet, or carefully considering the flowers he encounters by the trail, his words are rich with insight and humor.\u003cp\u003eHere's one of his poems:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I Can Already Hear It\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterwards,\u003cbr\u003ethe flags sprouted up like flowers,\u003cbr\u003ean explosion of unity.\u003cbr\u003eI was old enough to know they would tatter and fade like the public's passions. \u003cbr\u003eThe magnets that support the troops would fall off the cars into the ditch.\u003cbr\u003eA good thing would turn into a demonstration of short attention spans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI could already see it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI sit at my breakfast table.\u003cbr\u003eI read National Geographic and crunch on some cereal.\u003cbr\u003eI'm old enough to know that the music drifting in from the other room won't last.\u003cbr\u003eMy kids will grow up and leave home.\u003cbr\u003eThe piano that I don't know how to play will fall silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI can already hear it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Middle West Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49988834918640,"sku":"9780996931748","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996931748_p0.jpg?v=1784258349","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996931748","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}