{"product_id":"9781571314949","title":"Skin: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first collection in over a decade from a master of his craft, \u003ci\u003eSkin\u003c\/i\u003e reflects earnestly on the miraculous moments found in the daily experiences of human life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Time and time again, Robert VanderMolen’s poems illuminate the cycles of human interaction alongside the slow-moving patterns of nature: “bark just separating \/ after nine thousand summers.” A speaker asks, “Is everything too old or too new?” and the resounding answer throughout \u003ci\u003eSkin\u003c\/i\u003e is that it’s a bit of both. Colorless birds, “a deep sweep of wind,” and arrowheads found in a dying red oak all point to fragmented moments that make up what it means to stitch one’s life together. “Attentiveness is my best friend,” a speaker remarks off-handedly, but this affair with observation is earnest and real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSkin\u003c\/i\u003e rewards the reader through a tacit understanding that everything in life is part of something larger that we can’t see: the endless “thoughts that slide \/ into notice” where “in the chill of privacy \/ one seeks promise.”","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040671547632,"sku":"9781571314949","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571314949","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}