{"product_id":"willow-tree-9798888382080","title":"Willow Tree","description":"The willow tree that forms the heart of Ribot's collection is constantly evolving, \"roughed up by high winds,\" putting forth \"a profusion of tightly knit buds\" and then new leaves \"like pigtails sporting a tie.\" The poet renders what she sees faithfully, precisely, in musical lines that capture both the willow's beauty and its vulnerability as it holds light and shadow, the present and the past, blue jays and cardinals. Stanza by stanza, the willow becomes an apt figure for the natural world as well as for our own passing lives.\u003cstrong\u003e-Jennifer Barber\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHarriet Ribot\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003epaints with words, creating a portrait of a willow with March boughs \"clean and spare\/as a whippet\/straining\/at the starting gate.\" With sparse lines she creates mystery, elegy, and focused attention. Step in among the leaves and imagine what tales she has braided into a crown, with grace.\u003cstrong\u003e-Tina Kelley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harriet Ribot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finishing Line Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888382080\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":41194185326707,"sku":"9.79889E+12","price":24.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_68426e8b-cf9e-481c-8485-44ba22773b2d.jpg?v=1704298268","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/willow-tree-9798888382080","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}