{"product_id":"momentary-stay-poems-paperback","title":"Momentary Stay: Poems - 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\u003eBarbara Esch Shisler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrost's \"momentary stay against confusion\" is Barbara Esch Shisler's mode of trying to make sense of life through poems that worry the riddles of getting old, family dynamics, dreams, prayer, the evening news, bees-not to mention love, death, and God\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"'Love every tedious beat\/ of your dear and fleeting life, ' writes Barbara Esch Shisler in her poem, 'To a Mountain.' And she takes her own advice, plainly naming a world of pleasures and pains. In her gaze, African violets are 'luscious birds in furry nests, ' and meals at the Nursing Home, 'vague purees.' The strange teachings of Jesus turn and flash in her imagination. These poems offer good company for anyone brave enough to face the freedom and losses that come with age.\" \u003ci\u003e-Julia Spicher Kasdorf, author\u003c\/i\u003e, Poetry in America\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"In these brave, bright, searching poems, Shisler explores the fears and delights of that time of life when 'Old and new make love all day, \/ their souls curved close \/ against chill and darkening.' Within the necessary, painful recognitions of mortality and loss, Shisler finds her way to both an unsentimental faith and a lovely, celebrative lyricism.\" \u003ci\u003e-Jeff Gundy, Author\u003c\/i\u003e, Somewhere Near Defiance \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Songs from an Empty Cage\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Barbara's poetry takes me places I wouldn't go on my own, often with the surprising result of going more deeply into my own reflections about life, aging, death, faith and family.\" \u003ci\u003e-Richard A. Kauffman, senior editor and book review editor, \u003c\/i\u003e The Christian Century\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMomentary Stay\u003c\/i\u003e is volume 11 in the DreamSeeker Poetry Series, and follows \u003ci\u003eThe Apple Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e, volume 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Author: \u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Esch Shisler is a retired Mennonite pastor and spiritual director, active in her Perkasie Mennonite congregation. Her life as wife, mother, and grandmother is filled with friends, gardening, dogs, movies, books and much more. Reading and writing poetry have been a lifelong joy and learning. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42777233326176,"sku":"9781680270020","price":24.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/iKCQZh1iW49781680270020.webp?v=1780034037","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/momentary-stay-poems-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}