{"product_id":"sitting-in-the-shade-of-my-own-tree-paperback","title":"Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree - 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\u003eMarylou Kelly Streznewski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we read\u003ci\u003e Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree, \u003c\/i\u003ewe feel the fullness of time, a life lived in the close company of others. Here are the poems of strong woman, a poet who brings grace and beauty to open our hearts to the familiar; the voices of family members, the importance of friendships, the pleasure of literary connection and the gravity of politics. \"Death is such a sneak,\" Streznewski tells us, just before she writes, \"I sit in the driver's seat.\" In her amazing poem Granddaughter's Moon, we are taken \"far inside\" a new-born child, a home, a neighborhood, the universe. What gifts!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Myra Shapiro, author of\u003ci\u003e Twelve Floors Above the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat peaceful pleasure \u003ci\u003eSitting in the Shade of My Own Tree\u003c\/i\u003e gives me. Marylou Kelly Streznewski writes with the gentle wisdom of family love and ripe old age. As one of her speakers reflects, \"I have bargained with the Hag \/ bartered with the Old Man and \/ earned the right to stand here in the sun.\" These are poems to savor and return to. They cast a glow on the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Lynn Levin author of \u003ci\u003eMiss Plastique\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems chronicle a disappearing America, and the hope and heartache of having lived through the Twentieth Century. Simultaneously nostalgic and forward-looking, \u003ci\u003e Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree \u003c\/i\u003elooks unflinchingly at the world with a mix of humor and pathos and explores the possibilities of language to get it right. These are poems of human frailty and human hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Gerry LaFemina author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Heretic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46343645987013,"sku":"9781950462520","price":32.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/es9_DkNxZg9781950462520.webp?v=1781043168","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/sitting-in-the-shade-of-my-own-tree-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}