{"product_id":"9781880238158","title":"Red Suitcase","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePoet, teacher, essayist, anthologist, songwriter and singer, \u003cb\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the country's most acclaimed writers. Her voice is generous; her vision true; her subjects ordinary people, and ordinary situations which, when rendered through her language, become remarkable. In this, her fourth full collection of poetry, we see with new eyes-a grandmother's scarf, an alarm clock, a man carrying his son on his shoulders.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValentine for Ernest Mann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can’t order a poem like you order a taco.\u003cbr\u003eWalk up to the counter and say, \"I’ll take two\"\u003cbr\u003eand expect it to handed back to you\u003cbr\u003eon a shiny plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill, I like you spirit.\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who says, \"Here’s my address,\u003cbr\u003ewrite me a poem,\" deserves something in reply.\u003cbr\u003eSo I’ll tell a secret instead:\u003cbr\u003epoems hide. In the bottoms of our shoes,\u003cbr\u003ethey are sleeping. They are the shadows\u003cbr\u003edrifting across our ceilings the moment\u003cbr\u003ebefore we wake up. What we have to do\u003cbr\u003eis live in a way that lets us find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce I knew a man who gave his wife\u003cbr\u003etwo skunks for a valentine.\u003cbr\u003eHe couldn’t understand why she was crying.\u003cbr\u003e\"I thought they had such beautiful eyes.\"\u003cbr\u003eAnd he was serious. He was a serious man\u003cbr\u003ewho lived in a serious way. Nothing was ugly\u003cbr\u003ejust because the world said so. He really\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eliked\u003c\/i\u003e those skunks. So, he re-invented them\u003cbr\u003eas valentines and they became beautiful.\u003cbr\u003eAt least, to him. And the poems that had been hiding\u003cbr\u003ein the eyes of skunks for centuries\u003cbr\u003ecrawled out and curled up at his feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe if we re-invent whatever our lives give us\u003cbr\u003ewe find poems. Check your garage, the odd sock\u003cbr\u003ein your drawer, the person you almost like, but not quite.\u003cbr\u003eAnd let me know.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038942576880,"sku":"9781880238158","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781880238158_p0.jpg?v=1763603576","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781880238158","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}