{"product_id":"jump-straight-up-9781956285444","title":"Jump Straight Up","description":"Rushing in as a welcome surprise, these \"new late poems\" were mostly composed both late in the year and late in the author's years. In \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJump Straight Up\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e Jarold Ramsey versifies and pokes at an odd knot of themes: encroaching age overtaking a long wonderful marriage; the delights of grandparenthood; awareness of our \"interspecies\" situation in the everyday natural order; the blessings and challenges of Central Oregon's canyons, summits, and rangelands; and the intriguing ways the mostly horizontal left-to-right axis of our lives seems to shift in old age toward the vertical-\"way down\" (and out) but also \"jump straight up\" (in the imagination).\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\"Whether it's with elegies or tributes, Ramsey prompts us toward joy, urging us to \u003cem\u003ejump straight up, \/ free of the gravity of time.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Paulann Petersen, author of My Kindred\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Jump Straight Up\u003c\/em\u003e is a buoyantly beautiful report from a Northwest master at age 85.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-John Daniel, author of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGifted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"Ramsey delivers accounts of history, local lore, love for kinfolk, and yearning to understand the changes carrying us all along, richly in need of poems just like these.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Kim Stafford, author of \u003cem\u003eSinger Come from Afar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jarold Ramsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956285444\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry Box","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42832098656371,"sku":"9.78196E+12","price":16.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_75dcc853-87f1-42a9-9aeb-ddf85cd291b3.jpg?v=1739019487","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/jump-straight-up-9781956285444","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}