{"product_id":"consequence-of-moonlight-poems-9781612618609","title":"Consequence of Moonlight: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe act of writing poetry, for Sofia Starnes, is a \"getting out of the way\" so that a poem might occur, a poem that must itself become a place of resonance, where the reader might recognize a voice otherwise unheard. \u003cem\u003eThe Consequence of Moonlight \u003c\/em\u003eis a poetic invitation to an awareness of an underlying Presence; it is also a call to \u003cem\u003ebe \u003c\/em\u003epresent as a loving witness of valuable--and vulnerable--things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems are written to be depositories for the reader's experiences. The poem's truth is its emotion, nothing else. Why moonlight? Because the moon has no light of its own; it lives on borrowed light, as we do. The moon is best perceived and most needed in the dark, fulfilling itself in absence. It is both \u003cem\u003ehere \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ethere\u003c\/em\u003e, as is often true for saints, whose luminosity is seen as lunacy in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSofia Starnes\u003c\/b\u003e, the recent Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2012-2014), is the poetry editor of the \u003ci\u003eAnglican Theological Review\u003c\/i\u003e and author of five poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eThe Soul's Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, co-winner of the Aldrich Poetry Prize, judged by Billy Collins. She lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she serves as Eucharistic Minister at St. Bede Catholic Church. Learn more at www.sofiamstarnes.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paraclete Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493008871698,"sku":"9781612618609","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45a17896-ae2a-4300-bde9-9de665f98091.jpg?v=1730621515","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/consequence-of-moonlight-poems-9781612618609","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}