{"product_id":"laying-by-paperback","title":"Laying By - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVincent Wixon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVince Wixon paints America's Midwest and Pacific Northwest \"weightless.\" We go with the poems' airy, unobtrusive hand and eye-at times we slip in between the realm of ghosts and souls, mother in a coffin, father's life near its end-juxtaposed with the kitchen table lit up in brilliance. Time and desire, the personal private and the open and infinite are sketched here with a magnificent seeing-a keen wisdom balanced between landscape, family, childhood and the always-oscillating present. \u003ci\u003eLaying By\u003c\/i\u003e is magnetic, a rare tenderness and a collection of scenes, portraits, and life-roads to be cherished-Bravo! \u003cbr\u003e- Juan Felipe Herrera, United States Poet Laureate 2015-2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich, dark loam figures in the poems that open and close this compelling collection, beginning with a plow turning up earth \"oily and black as cinders,\" and ending with the image of soil \"black as coal.\" In between, Vince Wixon's \u003ci\u003eLaying By\u003c\/i\u003e offers fertile ground for reverie and epiphany: his meditative and elegiac work is rich with both sensory experience and striking insight. \u003cbr\u003e- Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate 2010-2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese solid, compact, workmanlike poems, often startling in their simplicity, are a pleasure to read. Ranging from boyhood memories of farm life in the Midwest to mature reflections and observations from a backyard in Oregon, they have both substance and credibility. There is often something mysterious lingering around their edges, like a wisp of smoke or a sudden long-forgotten fragrance. \u003cbr\u003e- Clemens Starck, Oregon Book Award Winner for Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47949038485725,"sku":"9781945824098","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/yD5MVrnem_9781945824098.webp?v=1779432808","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/laying-by-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}