{"product_id":"its-in-the-cards","title":"It’s in the Cards","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom associate professor of English to management trainer to retiree, \u003cstrong\u003eCarolyn Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e is a lover of gardening and snorkeling, feral cats and backyard birds, poetry and photography. After decades of writing academic papers and business books, she finally realized that poetry is the way her mind interacts most creatively with the world—in images, rhythms, sounds, and intensities of language. Consequently, for the past fifteen years, she’s settled into the joyful challenge of translating experience into as few words as possible. Her aesthetic is embodied in Jack Kerouac’s comment in \u003cem\u003eDharma Bums\u003c\/em\u003e: “One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple”; and in Galway Kinnell’s statement, “To me, poetry is somebody standing up . . . and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment.” Her poems attempt to be simple in words as they grapple with the complexity of being on this planet at this time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarolyn’s poems have appeared in more than 175 publications throughout North America, Australia, and the UK. Her fifth collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Catalog of Small Contentments,\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2021 by The Poetry Box. She currently serves as the book review editor for the Oregon Poetry Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFor more, see:\u003cbr\u003ewww.carolynmartinpoet.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 50 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (April 19, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48176453222558,"sku":"roo1787286778745","price":10.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6345\/4366\/files\/its-in-the-cards_1.jpg?v=1787286784","url":"https:\/\/urbanwearstore.shop\/products\/its-in-the-cards","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}