{"product_id":"9781936923199","title":"Only Wonder","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Yozzo may be one who comes to mind when you hear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe phrase, “It’s always the quiet ones . . . “ A well-mannered, retired\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprofessor of English, puttering away at his part-time farmhand job,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epedaling his bicycle, writing. Long time married man. Nice guy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou get the picture. But, that whole scenario takes a refreshing turn when\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou see the poems in this collection he calls, Only Wonder. With unexpected\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epassion, he explores love, deeply, in all its incarnations. Love for familiar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eobjects, love for one’s mate, and most of all, love for the everyday minutiae\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof living on this earth. With his exquisite lyrical expressions he calls us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eback to the human capacity that we tend to forget or to put aside when\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecaught up in “problems.” But, he goes even further. He also cautions against\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eassuming that love is the easy answer. He reminds us of the hard facts;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat “life was not meant\/to be painless\/nor the problems\/of death solvable\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand that, “life, some Russian\/said, was accepting\/ the loss of one joy\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter another\/so love . . . is no\/ archetypical picnic\/either.” These poems will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emake clear why, in the face of love, we can “only wonder!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Village Books Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039906316528,"sku":"9781936923199","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936923199_p0.jpg?v=1763660554","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936923199","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}