{"product_id":"9781532013324","title":"The Color of My Tears","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoetry often serves as a way for people to voice the emotions that they might otherwise keep inside—to come to terms with unexpressed feelings and bring them out into the open.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Color of My Tears\u003c\/i\u003e, author Deborah Owens presents a collection of verse that does that and more. These poems can transport you to another time and place—fifteenth-century England, the Harlem Renaissance, or the sixties and seventies. Using a romantic imagination, Owens explores experiences and memories, both good and bad, happy and sad, reveling in the ups and downs of love and life. She builds a collage of emotion in her verses, providing a unique poetic journey.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter Pain of Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf the truth be told, you had no love for me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI cried; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eyou laughed. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt my pain, you laughed. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd though I hurt, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eyou turned your face.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI could not help but feel the volume of your laughter, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003efor it pierced my soul. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e I screamed in agony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhile you laughed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt was as if my pain meant nothing to you. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll that I asked of you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewas that you would not torment me so, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut that just made you laugh even more. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177267806448,"sku":"9781532013324","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781532013324_p0.jpg?v=1763740636","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781532013324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}