{"product_id":"9780997364323","title":"Blue Window: Poems by Deborah Gordon Cooper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Cooper’s poetry delivers healing compassion, bringing readers into a landscape of solace and renewal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark clouds this morning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecasting shadows on the waves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand still the birds sing,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eone of sorrow, two of grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eGranted a residency at the Cill Rialaig Artists Retreat in County Kerry, Ireland, Deborah looked out from the loft of a stone cottage through a blue-framed window as she crafted a number of the poems collected in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet even as she sometimes describes the world through a lens of grief (Deborah began writing when she was a hospice chaplain), this collection includes many new works on the theme of light returning after a night of solitary wakefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Marked by breath and memory, by the holiness of ordinary things, each page opens windows to a world of empathetic light.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Kimberly Blaeser, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2015-16)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Window\u003c\/em\u003e is Cooper's sixth volume of poetry, following \u003cem\u003eUnder the Influence of Lilacs\u003c\/em\u003e (Clover Valley Press, 2010). Her poems appeared in two collections by her writing group of twenty years, including \u003cem\u003eBound Together: Like the Grasses\u003c\/em\u003e (Clover Valley Press, 2013), winner of the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Poetry. Deborah co-edited three anthologies of poetry, most recently \u003cem\u003eAmethyst and Agate\u003c\/em\u003e (Holy Cow Press, 2015). She was the 2012–14 Poet Laureate of Duluth, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Window\u003c\/em\u003e is a rich collection of poetry for anyone seeking consolation and expression of the arresting loveliness of \"this right light.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clover Valley Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021379485936,"sku":"9780997364323","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780997364323_p0.jpg?v=1763891722","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997364323","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}