{"product_id":"ponds-9798385210657","title":"Ponds","description":"In Ponds, Jane Clark Scharl explores the mysterious relationship between change and repetition: seemingly contradictory, these two weave together so tightly in human existence that they cannot be separated. Speaking in a variety of voices--from a young mother mourning her own mother to Penelope, wife of Ulysses, Persephone, and Theoderic the Ostrogoth--Ponds is a polyphonous meditation on loss and gain, activity and stillness, and the nature of God, both hidden and revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Clark Scharl is an American poet, playwright, and critic. Her poetry has appeared in many American and European outlets, including the BBC, \u003ci\u003eThe Hopkins Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Ohio Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Journal of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lamp, Measure Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand others. She is the author of a verse drama, \u003ci\u003eSonnez Les Matines\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Detroit with her husband and children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cascade Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50870303359250,"sku":"9798385210657","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_622c2c8b-551f-4e1a-8345-77d0c3aaefe4.jpg?v=1737798645","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ponds-9798385210657","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}