{"product_id":"star-quilt-poems-paperback","title":"Star Quilt: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberta Hill Whiteman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStar Quilt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are notes to lightning in my bedroom.\u003cbr\u003e A star forged from linen thread and patches.\u003cbr\u003e Purple, yellow, red like diamond suckers, children\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the star gleam on sweaty nights. The quilt unfolds\u003cbr\u003e against sheets, moving, warm clouds of Chinook.\u003cbr\u003e It covers my cuts, my red birch clusters under pine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder it your mouth begins a legend, \u003cbr\u003e and wide as the plain, I hope Wisconsin marshes\u003cbr\u003e promise your caress. The candle locks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eus in forest smells, your cheek tattered\u003cbr\u003e by shadow. Sweetened by wings, my mothlike heart\u003cbr\u003e flies nightly among geraniums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe know of land that looks lonely, \u003cbr\u003e but isn't, of beef with hides of velveteen, \u003cbr\u003e of sorrow, an eddy in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStar quilt, sewn from dawn light by fingers\u003cbr\u003e of flint, take away those touches\u003cbr\u003e meant for noisier skins, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eannoint us with grass and twilight air, \u003cbr\u003e so we may embrace, two bitter roots\u003cbr\u003e pushing back into the dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 79\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9.04 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772885827872,"sku":"9780930100964","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a4da3099461d7e9f91cc3dda4b3f61c2.webp?v=1780416101","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/star-quilt-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}