{"product_id":"wise-to-the-west-poems-9781773491134","title":"Wise to the West: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWise to the West\u003c\/em\u003e, Wendy Videlock embraces her Western terrain and surroundings-family, neighbor, barbershop, morning shower, coyote, badger, wolf, blackbird, hawk, canyon, mesa, mountain-with songs, odes, witticisms, lamentations. Along the way, she tilts toward the grand view of the world around-relaying turns of uncertainty or affirmation, history or the latest news, myths and the mystic-and gifting us musings and meditations in her unique style full of quirks, wit, wisdom, and surprising turns. In \u003cem\u003eWise to the West\u003c\/em\u003e, Videlock delivers yet another inspired and delightful collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere in the west, whatever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone's pain, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone never complains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabout the rain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's good for the plains is bad for harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat freezes in spring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis sugar-beet borrowed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe river depletes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe groves expire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat blooms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein summer is wildfire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR WENDY VIDELOCK: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Videlock's] craft is worthy. Her delicate turning of a line is as breathtaking as it is brief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Jeffrey P. Beck, \u003cem\u003eBorderlands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wordplay is irresistible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Ann Drysdale, \u003cem\u003eThe Shit Creek Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has a playfulness with the language and an undeniable wit that makes her work rather difficult not to enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Marissa Fox, \u003cem\u003eGadfly Online\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt play in the spacious fields of her wit and down to earthiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Matt Sutherland, \u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as one can walk into a room in an art gallery, see a painting for the first time and immediately recognize it as a Van Gogh or a Cezanne, one immediately knows when one is reading Videlock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Jeremy Telman, \u003cem\u003eValparaiso Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWendy Videlock lives on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies with her husband and their assorted critters. Her work appears in \u003cem\u003eHudson Review, Oprah Magazine, Poetry, Dark Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Best American Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, and other venues. Her books are available from Able Muse Press, and her upcoming collection of essays and haibun, \u003cem\u003eThe Poetic Imaginarium: A Worthy Difficulty (Lithic Press), will appear in mid-2022.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Able Muse Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453460975890,"sku":"9781773491134","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0116ebbd-82ee-44e7-9619-113f5f45fabc.jpg?v=1729847578","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wise-to-the-west-poems-9781773491134","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}