{"product_id":"made-in-the-image-plain-poems","title":"Made in the Image: Plain Poems","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis cheerful collection of rumbling poetry is the perfect introduction to the good life -- the life each Christian should be living.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is wine, there are riddles, there is war with sin, there are jokes...all uttered in appreciation of this world that God made out of his own words. We all can imitate him: Poetry is a way of life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Q-133.pdf?v=1682615779\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLook Inside The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Praise for Robert Siegel's Poetry:\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;Of Robert Siegel's talents there can be no doubt. 'Brilliant' is a term too casually applied today, and it does not begin to define the remarkable range of subjects delineated and the technical mastery demonstrated. . . . His poems are a power.\\\u0026quot; ~Joseph Parisi, in Poetry\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;Siegel's imagination is excited by the nonhuman world, and he writes about plants and animals with surprising immediacy.... A compassionate observer ... he looks at them as mysterious and wonderful signs of a greater order.\\\u0026quot; ~Dana Gioia, in Poetry\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;To meet the unpretentious versatility of Robert Siegel after the single-mindedness of other poets is like returning to the mainland after a tour of the islands.\\\u0026quot; ~The London Times Literary Supplement\u0026quot;}\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoffre Swait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, also known as Joffre the Giant, lives in Moscow with his wife and five children. He is the author of \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWell Met: Poems of Companionship \u003c\/i\u003eand co-author of \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChristian Pipe-Smoking: an Introduction to Holy Incense\u003c\/i\u003e. He has owned a used bookstore, served as a missionary abroad, and played rugby all over the Americas. Joffre has a deep love for the poetry of the West, and is more ambivalent about the Norman invasion than Tolkien was. He has taught language and letters for twenty years, and is currently a rugby coach. Teaching students how to enjoy good things is one of his chief pleasures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Praise for Robert Siegel's Poetry:\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;Of Robert Siegel's talents there can be no doubt. 'Brilliant' is a term too casually applied today, and it does not begin to define the remarkable range of subjects delineated and the technical mastery demonstrated. . . . His poems are a power.\\\u0026quot; ~Joseph Parisi, in Poetry\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;Siegel's imagination is excited by the nonhuman world, and he writes about plants and animals with surprising immediacy.... A compassionate observer ... he looks at them as mysterious and wonderful signs of a greater order.\\\u0026quot; ~Dana Gioia, in Poetry\\r\\n\\\u0026quot;To meet the unpretentious versatility of Robert Siegel after the single-mindedness of other poets is like returning to the mainland after a tour of the islands.\\\u0026quot; ~The London Times Literary Supplement\u0026quot;}\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Q-114.pdf?2768\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Q-114.pdf?2768\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eAUTHOR: Joffre Swait\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAGE COUNT: 66\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 5.5x8.5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBINDING: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-10: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1957905727\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-13: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781957905723\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePUB. 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