{"product_id":"9781937875572","title":"More Than Heavy Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMore Than Heavy Rain\u003c\/i\u003e brings together poems of intense observation culled from a life lived mostly outside. Set mostly around the poet’s home along the Watauga River in northeast Tennessee, the poems also reach out to such distant locations as Montana, Alaska, and post-war Germany. Some of them reconstruct the poet’s childhood in rural West Virginia. Some examine his family history, the events and relatives who helped determine the way he views the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIKE TURNING ON A SWITCH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a day and a night the leaves of all four\u003cbr\u003e Gingko trees in the courtyard fell,\u003cbr\u003e Fanned out in one direction by a south wind\u003cbr\u003e As if they had been deliberately laid.\u003cbr\u003e Even in half-light they glowed\u003cbr\u003e As if a door had been opened at mid-court\u003cbr\u003e Spilling brightness onto the grass.\u003cbr\u003e But there was no door, no room into which\u003cbr\u003e One might lead, no light to shine out,\u003cbr\u003e Just yellow leaves, four shadow-anchored\u003cbr\u003e Boats, straining to pull away with the tide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039772492016,"sku":"9781937875572","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937875572_p0.jpg?v=1763662211","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937875572","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}