{"product_id":"a-welcome-shore","title":"A Welcome Shore","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"This beautiful book of prose poems considers the tragedies, joys, and mysteries of this world.\"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":6723,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"4\":[null,2,16777215],\"9\":0,\"12\":0,\"14\":[null,2,0],\"15\":\"Arial\"}'\u003eThis beautiful book of prose poems considers the tragedies, joys, and mysteries of this world\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #6fa8dc;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Q-116.pdf?2575\" style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"Suzzanne Underwood Rhodes gives lyrical descriptions of the world as given to us by God.\"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003eSuzzanne Underwood Rhodes gives lyrical descriptions of the world as given to us by God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat People Are Saying:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;I am generally of two minds about prose poems since they so often lack the virtues I most prize in both media. But Suzanne Underwood Rhodes' new collection combines the evocation and intensity of poetry with the psychological acuity and narrative force of prose. These interlocked personal meditations create a book worth pondering.\\\u0026quot; ~-Dana Gioia, former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;It is an ongoing wonder when a writer is able to infuse her prose with such poetic quality and tenderness that each piece becomes a poem in itself. Suzanne Rhodes has this magical facility of seeing to the heart of things.\\\u0026quot; ~Luci Shaw, author, writer in residence, Regent College\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;Suzanne Rhodes's A Welcome Shore offers us the incandescent landscape of life in the cup of God's hand. Unlike soul-baring efforts, which are often flawed, this collection of vignettes and poetic essays is a soul-setting endeavor, where the soul reveals itself, as Emily Dickinson might say, \\\u0026quot;aslant\\\u0026quot;: a pool in a creative hollow. With language that is as clean and deep as an unpolluted ocean, and with eyes open to the dark passages we must all walk through in search of our own luminous window, Rhodes invites us into a world of signs and wonders, of waxwings, mermaid tears, and seasons mixed with myrrh. No one who follows her will return empty-handed; A Welcome Shore brims with grace.\\\u0026quot; ~Sofia M. Starnes, author of Commerce of Moments and Corpus Homini: A Poem for Single Flesh\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;In A Welcome Shore, poet Suzanne Rhodes confronts the painful realities of loss and shame with bracing honesty. At the same time, the lyrical, evocative meditations that comprise this book suggest that even in the midst of grief, something beautiful and transcendent can wash up on the shore in front of us—if we have the eyes to see it. Treat this book the same way: as a small treasure you bring home to enrich your life.\\\u0026quot; ~Gregory Wolfe, editor of Image and writer in residence, Seattle Pacific University\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\"I am generally of two minds about prose poems since they so often lack the virtues I most prize in both media. But Suzanne Underwood Rhodes' new collection combines the evocation and intensity of poetry with the psychological acuity and narrative force of prose. These interlocked personal meditations create a book worth pondering.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Dana Gioia, former Chairman of the \u003cem\u003eNational Endowment for the Arts \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;I am generally of two minds about prose poems since they so often lack the virtues I most prize in both media. But Suzanne Underwood Rhodes' new collection combines the evocation and intensity of poetry with the psychological acuity and narrative force of prose. These interlocked personal meditations create a book worth pondering.\\\u0026quot; ~-Dana Gioia, former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;It is an ongoing wonder when a writer is able to infuse her prose with such poetic quality and tenderness that each piece becomes a poem in itself. Suzanne Rhodes has this magical facility of seeing to the heart of things.\\\u0026quot; ~Luci Shaw, author, writer in residence, Regent College\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;Suzanne Rhodes's A Welcome Shore offers us the incandescent landscape of life in the cup of God's hand. Unlike soul-baring efforts, which are often flawed, this collection of vignettes and poetic essays is a soul-setting endeavor, where the soul reveals itself, as Emily Dickinson might say, \\\u0026quot;aslant\\\u0026quot;: a pool in a creative hollow. With language that is as clean and deep as an unpolluted ocean, and with eyes open to the dark passages we must all walk through in search of our own luminous window, Rhodes invites us into a world of signs and wonders, of waxwings, mermaid tears, and seasons mixed with myrrh. No one who follows her will return empty-handed; A Welcome Shore brims with grace.\\\u0026quot; ~Sofia M. Starnes, author of Commerce of Moments and Corpus Homini: A Poem for Single Flesh\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;In A Welcome Shore, poet Suzanne Rhodes confronts the painful realities of loss and shame with bracing honesty. At the same time, the lyrical, evocative meditations that comprise this book suggest that even in the midst of grief, something beautiful and transcendent can wash up on the shore in front of us—if we have the eyes to see it. Treat this book the same way: as a small treasure you bring home to enrich your life.\\\u0026quot; ~Gregory Wolfe, editor of Image and writer in residence, Seattle Pacific University\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\"It is an ongoing wonder when a writer is able to infuse her prose with such poetic quality and tenderness that each piece becomes a poem in itself. Suzanne Rhodes has this magical facility of seeing to the heart of things.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Luci Shaw, author, writer in residence, \u003cem\u003eRegent College\u003c\/em\u003e, from the Foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;I am generally of two minds about prose poems since they so often lack the virtues I most prize in both media. But Suzanne Underwood Rhodes' new collection combines the evocation and intensity of poetry with the psychological acuity and narrative force of prose. These interlocked personal meditations create a book worth pondering.\\\u0026quot; ~-Dana Gioia, former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;It is an ongoing wonder when a writer is able to infuse her prose with such poetic quality and tenderness that each piece becomes a poem in itself. Suzanne Rhodes has this magical facility of seeing to the heart of things.\\\u0026quot; ~Luci Shaw, author, writer in residence, Regent College\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;Suzanne Rhodes's A Welcome Shore offers us the incandescent landscape of life in the cup of God's hand. Unlike soul-baring efforts, which are often flawed, this collection of vignettes and poetic essays is a soul-setting endeavor, where the soul reveals itself, as Emily Dickinson might say, \\\u0026quot;aslant\\\u0026quot;: a pool in a creative hollow. With language that is as clean and deep as an unpolluted ocean, and with eyes open to the dark passages we must all walk through in search of our own luminous window, Rhodes invites us into a world of signs and wonders, of waxwings, mermaid tears, and seasons mixed with myrrh. No one who follows her will return empty-handed; A Welcome Shore brims with grace.\\\u0026quot; ~Sofia M. Starnes, author of Commerce of Moments and Corpus Homini: A Poem for Single Flesh\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;In A Welcome Shore, poet Suzanne Rhodes confronts the painful realities of loss and shame with bracing honesty. At the same time, the lyrical, evocative meditations that comprise this book suggest that even in the midst of grief, something beautiful and transcendent can wash up on the shore in front of us—if we have the eyes to see it. Treat this book the same way: as a small treasure you bring home to enrich your life.\\\u0026quot; ~Gregory Wolfe, editor of Image and writer in residence, Seattle Pacific University\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\"Suzanne Rhodes's \u003cem\u003eA Welcome Shore\u003c\/em\u003e offers us the incandescent landscape of life in the cup of God's hand. Unlike soul-baring efforts, which are often flawed, this collection of vignettes and poetic essays is a soul-setting endeavor, where the soul reveals itself, as Emily Dickinson might say, 'aslant': a pool in a creative hollow. With language that is as clean and deep as an unpolluted ocean, and with eyes open to the dark passages we must all walk through in search of our own luminous window, Rhodes invites us into a world of signs and wonders, of waxwings, mermaid tears, and seasons mixed with myrrh. No one who follows her will return empty-handed; \u003cem\u003eA Welcome Shore\u003c\/em\u003e brims with grace.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Sofia M. Starnes, author of \u003cem\u003eCommerce of Moments \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Corpus Homini: A Poem for Single Flesh \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;I am generally of two minds about prose poems since they so often lack the virtues I most prize in both media. But Suzanne Underwood Rhodes' new collection combines the evocation and intensity of poetry with the psychological acuity and narrative force of prose. These interlocked personal meditations create a book worth pondering.\\\u0026quot; ~-Dana Gioia, former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;It is an ongoing wonder when a writer is able to infuse her prose with such poetic quality and tenderness that each piece becomes a poem in itself. Suzanne Rhodes has this magical facility of seeing to the heart of things.\\\u0026quot; ~Luci Shaw, author, writer in residence, Regent College\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;Suzanne Rhodes's A Welcome Shore offers us the incandescent landscape of life in the cup of God's hand. Unlike soul-baring efforts, which are often flawed, this collection of vignettes and poetic essays is a soul-setting endeavor, where the soul reveals itself, as Emily Dickinson might say, \\\u0026quot;aslant\\\u0026quot;: a pool in a creative hollow. With language that is as clean and deep as an unpolluted ocean, and with eyes open to the dark passages we must all walk through in search of our own luminous window, Rhodes invites us into a world of signs and wonders, of waxwings, mermaid tears, and seasons mixed with myrrh. No one who follows her will return empty-handed; A Welcome Shore brims with grace.\\\u0026quot; ~Sofia M. Starnes, author of Commerce of Moments and Corpus Homini: A Poem for Single Flesh\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;In A Welcome Shore, poet Suzanne Rhodes confronts the painful realities of loss and shame with bracing honesty. At the same time, the lyrical, evocative meditations that comprise this book suggest that even in the midst of grief, something beautiful and transcendent can wash up on the shore in front of us—if we have the eyes to see it. Treat this book the same way: as a small treasure you bring home to enrich your life.\\\u0026quot; ~Gregory Wolfe, editor of Image and writer in residence, Seattle Pacific University\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eA Welcome Shore\u003c\/em\u003e, poet Suzanne Rhodes confronts the painful realities of loss and shame with bracing honesty. At the same time, the lyrical, evocative meditations that comprise this book suggest that even in the midst of grief, something beautiful and transcendent can wash up on the shore in front of us—if we have the eyes to see it. Treat this book the same way: as a small treasure you bring home to enrich your life.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Gregory Wolfe, editor of \u003cem\u003eImage\u003c\/em\u003e and writer in residence, Seattle Pacific University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"descriptionAndDetails\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-extra-large\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" class=\"feature\" data-feature-name=\"productDescription\" data-cel-widget=\"productDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-feature-name=\"productDescription\" data-template-name=\"productDescription\" class=\"a-row feature\" data-cel-widget=\"productDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small prodDescWidth\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-live=\"polite\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"300\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzanne Underwood Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a widely published poet who has taught creative writing for many years Her poetry collections include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat a Light Thing, This Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Weather of the House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Sow's Ear Press). She has also written a collection of prose meditations on everyday life,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSketches of Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Canon Press). Her writing has appeared in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpoon River Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Suzanne lives with her husband Wayne Rhodes in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and she and Wayne have five grown children and three grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR: Suzanne Underwood Rhodes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAGE COUNT: 122 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 5.50x8.50\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 10: 1591280745\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781591280743\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePUB. 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