{"product_id":"9781450260077","title":"Lean on the Wind: A Collection of Poems Celebrating Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor Patricia Salter was born into a lively and creative family. The second of five children, her father was a professor and her mother a published poet. Although she was born in Philadelphia, she has lived the greater part of her life in Madison, Wisconsin. Hers was a peripatetic family, giving her and her siblings the opportunity to live East, West, and South while growing up. \u003cb\u003eLean on the Wind\u003c\/b\u003e reflects the passions and challenges of her younger years, while also demonstrating her love of music, art, gardening, and nature. Although most of the poems were written nearly a half century ago, these words, like a just-discovered fine wine, have mellowed with the years and come to us as smooth, evocative and satisfying. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePoet’s Apology\u003c\/b\u003e How else can I say what the sky is tonight, Where is there a word still unsung? There’s a ribbon of gold–alas!–this is trite But still ‘tis a ribbon–far flung, From the reaches of heaven to the edge of the earth, A ribbon of gold is unfurled, Ah! I mourn that there is in my brain such a dearth Of words to describe my loved world. But what can I do, that’s not long since been done By poets more skillful than I– They wrote of this beauty ‘ere I had begun, Yet, I am here now. I must try!","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154876252400,"sku":"9781450260077","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781450260077_p0.jpg?v=1763844891","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781450260077","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}