{"product_id":"householes-9798888384800","title":"householes","description":"\"Try picking drops of the ocean with tweezers. Try expressing your grief, rage, fear, love within the tiny, out-of-breath, syllable-stingy form of haiku. \u003cstrong\u003eNatalie Parker-Lawrence\u003c\/strong\u003e's poems, concocted from the rushing, halting words of women caregivers of veterans, honor the essence. An image, a sound, a memory, a nightmare: capture it: in so few words.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-Margaret Edson\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e Wit \u003c\/em\u003eand winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eNatalie Parker-Lawrence\u003c\/strong\u003e's book of hybrid haiku, householes, strikes a delightful balance between delicacy and power. The poet also walks the tightrope between the personal and the universal, and she does so in such a way that the reader follows anxiously along, breathless and captivated. At turns gentle, at times brutal, but always poignant, Parker-Lawrence has the gift of the simple line that says much. I hope this book portends the start of a long career of verse.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-Corey Mesler\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eCock-a-Hoop\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTake the Longing from my Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In short, impactful verse, \u003cstrong\u003eNatalie Parker-Lawrence, \u003c\/strong\u003e shares the poignant and often gritty stories of Veteran Caregivers from around the country. The traditional haiku form evokes feelings about the natural world using a structure of stanzas and syllables. As if by necessity, Parker-Lawrence departs from the traditional haiku to share first-hand, vivid and heart-breaking accounts of those who've survived war and those entangled in its aftermath. Their explosive, shattering and gut-wrenching experiences refuse to be confined by poetic tradition and structure. No one touched by war remains whole. This collection has transformative power, taking us from despair to hope, if only in the knowledge that we are not alone.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-Virginia Bryan \u003c\/strong\u003eis a retired attorney, arts advocate and free-lance writer. Her work appears in \u003cem\u003eDistinctly Montana, Montana Magazine, Native Peoples \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eYellowstone Valley Woman.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003ehouseholes \u003c\/em\u003estitches the weightless Haiku to the gravity of all that proceeds war with thread borrowed from the women yoked in the collateral damage of the military-industrial complex.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-C. (Christine) W. Lockhart, PhD: LT, USCG \u003c\/strong\u003e(retired), Disabled Veteran \u0026amp; Caregiver, author of \u003cem\u003eBlanket of Stars: Thru-Hiking the Camino de Santiago\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWalking with Buddha: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePilgrimage on the Shikoku 88-Temple Trail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natalie Parker-Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finishing Line Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888384800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParker-Lawrence, Natalie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Natalie earned an MFA in Creative Writing (Creative Nonfiction and Playwriting) at the University of New Orleans. She earned a BA in Comparative Literature, a BS in (Secondary Education, English\/French), an MA in Linguistics (Dialect and Literacy), and +45 hours in Theatre from the University of Memphis. At three area high schools, she produced the annual Shakespeare Festival, chaired the English department, and taught AP English Literature, AP World History, Theatre, and French. She was an adjunct instructor in the Department of Communication and Film at the University of Memphis. Natalie lives with her husband, whom she has known since first grade, in midtown Memphis in a one hundred eighteen year-old house where her daughter, five stepsons, their families, and a black lab come and go. The ghost of the yellow lab now wanders around the house, and I mention her because she supervised the writing of this book through all its piles, versions, and drafts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939244277875,"sku":"9.79889E+12","price":36.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_69c4b586-c360-4701-9f4c-cfe07f9f213b.jpg?v=1758880446","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/householes-9798888384800","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}