{"product_id":"once-planed-straight-9781952411830","title":"Once Planed Straight","description":"\"Gerson's country, a landscape haunted by echoes of the past, by wind and absence, is brought to vivid life by the stark, lean poems of \u003cem\u003eOnce Planed Straight\u003c\/em\u003e. His work captures a time and place that many might overlook or dismiss, whether of small-town diners, rock bluffs, or abandoned barns. With authenticity as well as poignant humanity, Steve Gerson observes moments of quiet, ghostly beauty, \"a post oak corral\/fencing memories\" or \"the muffled breeze of a distant hummingbird's wings\" on a slight promontory of prairie grass.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Tom Reynolds, author of \u003cem\u003eGhost Town Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHome Field, \u003c\/em\u003e Woodley Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Once Planed Straight \u003c\/em\u003ereminds us that the heart and soul of the American dream thrived not so long ago in the small towns and farms fast disappearing from our Midwest landscape. These evocative poems give us a nuanced and often heartbreaking glimpse into what we've left behind.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Edie Cottrell Kreisler, Professor Emeritus, Merritt College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Steve Gerson's poetry collection locates readers in a place of \"absence\" and \"silence\" and then gifts them the moon and \"purple prairie clover.\" The poetry in this book contains the subtlety and complexity of a sunset on the Flint Hills. Gerson has divided the book into sections, rooting readers in \"place\" first and leading them to \"love\" in the end. He reminds us that when we lose our aspirations and our sense of place, there is still something left to love. \u003cem\u003eOnce Planed Straight\u003c\/em\u003e woos readers with evocative sensory images and alliteration. In the end, readers are left with the sense that Gerson has \"gifted [them] the morning mist.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Beth Gulley, author of \u003cem\u003eI Am Your Fish Drowning \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e In Air: Love Poems, The Sticky Note Alphabet, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and \u003cem\u003e$!*# Hole Countries: A Find and Replace \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Meditation. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Striking images of nature, coupled with the hauntingremnants of old grain silos, dilapidated barns, and wirefences, provide readers a notion of a pioneer spirit long departed, even as the land continues to evolve unabated.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Jim McWard, Ph.D., Professor, English, Johnson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e County Community College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2838612\"\u003eSteve Gerson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spartan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952411830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952411831\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-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spartan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683961999597,"sku":"9781952411830","price":17.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_9e3a7c5a-c376-4dbe-9aed-ed40c71d8ddb.jpg?v=1649749864","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/once-planed-straight-9781952411830","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}