{"product_id":"9781458207760","title":"Threads of Life: A Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver a span of nearly seven decades, educator, artist, leading public speaker, visionary world traveler, and political activist Sylvia Payne Tillitt expressed her unique and compassionate vision of life in poems, rich in the spirituality of everyday life, now included in Threads of Life: A Collection. Although she became a woman of cosmopolitan interests in the arts, education, politics, and world travel, she was born in 1915 in Coachella, California, a small desert town where date palms shaded the family dairy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt an early age, she began to take notes on those important events in her life, reflecting her lifelong journey as a spiritual person. Sylvia felt compelled to share the varied perspectives of her journey in her poetry and photographs, as she traveled the world, raised her two children, and participated fully in the civic life of her hometown. In her poetry, she focuses on the spiritual beauty of the earth, the grandeur of mountains, and the awe-inspiring vast African Plains, among other topics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her own imaginative imprint, Threads of Life offers Sylvia’s unique interest in all aspects of life in poetry and photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe music is stilled,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mind is at rest,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeace unending, the eternal guest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarming in the afterglow of love,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe family stands;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir outstretched hands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with gems of remembered joys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe whale’s tooth, delicately traced,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe barbed wit, subtly placed,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerceptive views, the scholar’s bent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathedral spires, the Holy Rood,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemplation, where Martyrs stood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStay, O Man!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe music is not stilled,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tones are only muted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnticipating their new release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abbott Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027273597168,"sku":"9781458207760","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781458207760_p0.jpg?v=1763861854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781458207760","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}