{"product_id":"light-in-the-evergreens","title":"Light in the Evergreens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"You don't foresee the best poems. In a way, they all look alike-a family of vast resemblances. But you might, as with Lex Runciman's poems, forehear them. There is a rightness in their cadences; there is something sacred in their saying. . . . What he writes is, by definition, what the best poetry is. You can hear it on every page.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Robert Wrigley, author of \u003cem\u003eThe True Account of Myself as a Bird\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Runciman is a poet of deep intelligence and humane witness, reminding us that careful attention . . . is itself a form of hope.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-CMarie Fuhrman, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalmon Weather: Writing from the Land of No Return\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Runciman celebrates the quieter joys . . . and makes space for us to do the same . . . thoughtful, generous, and fully present.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-Hilary Menos, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Completely authentic and powerfully compelling.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-Edward Byrne, editor of\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eValparaiso Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLex Runciman is the author of seven books of poetry, including Unlooked For (2022), Salt Moons: Poems 1981-2016 (2017), and The Admirations (1989), which won the Oregon Book Award. Professor Emeritus in English at Linfield University, he lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lex Runciman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44771231662122,"sku":"9781968148584","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/imageloader_dc33775c-aa7a-4831-ae4d-d4dee9afb29b.jpg?v=1788216348","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/light-in-the-evergreens","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}