{"product_id":"irregularly-irregular-further-reflections-on-life-living-and-relationships-for-a-reflective-audience-9780984546237","title":"Irregularly Irregular: Further reflections on life, living, and relationships for a reflective audience","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn this new collection of 260 poems created over 13 years, Cariappa Annaiah continues his reflections on life, living, and relationships as he explores body and mind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpts from the Introduction: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe focus of my poetry is relationships-personal, professional, and social. Why? Personal and professional happiness depends on the state of health of my relationship with myself, and then with others.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems are hyper-local. By counting from one and improving my ability to manage myself emotionally and physically, and then influencing others around me, I can make change one individual at a time, starting with myself. I keep my bar low! From my perspective, the only way to initiate long-term change is to work locally and walk the talk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Irregularly Irregular? \u003c\/strong\u003eTwo reasons: - Other than reflecting reality, my poetry and art cannot be typecast.- Reality is unpredictable. Unlike fantasy, which is a captive of the mind and thusly malleable, ductile, and predictable since we are in charge, reality is our captor; we are at its mercy; it shapes us like putty and grudgingly yields to our hopes and aspirations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd, why the warning \u003cem\u003efor a reflective audience\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/strong\u003eAgain, reflecting reality, and different from my previous collections, these poems explore all nooks and crannies of the mind and body. From my perspective, refusing to identify and address elephants in the room and denying that sex is a physiological urge is the root of a lot of personal and social ills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5345890\"\u003eCariappa Annaiah\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Inwardstep Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984546237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984546235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE023080\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Motivational \u0026amp; Inspirational\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI044000\"\u003eMovements | Realism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM030000\"\u003eMarriage \u0026amp; Long Term Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Inwardstep Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48457611935981,"sku":"9780984546237","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_856d85ec-f769-4ed9-b360-0e49435f9ba5.jpg?v=1753584433","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/irregularly-irregular-further-reflections-on-life-living-and-relationships-for-a-reflective-audience-9780984546237","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}