{"product_id":"a-possible-trust-the-poetry-of-ronna-bloom-9781771125956","title":"A Possible Trust: The Poetry of Ronna Bloom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith compassion, humour and sharp-eyed irreverence, Ronna Bloom's work has made a significant impact on Canadian poetry. \u003ci\u003eA Possible Trust \u003c\/i\u003eis selected from her work to date.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBloom writes concisely of the precarious, the ephemeral, the epic, and of the fragility and determination of people in daily life and extraordinary health crises. She is attentive to suffering, as well as to spontaneous connections and gestures of love. Her poetry has been used by teachers, architects, spiritual leaders, and in hospitals across Canada. This is poetry engaged with spontaneity, presence, work, and health care. There is a tenderness here where living matters, as does dying, a valuing of the incident, the encounter, the unexpected, the sorrow and the bowl-me-over delight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBloom speaks to us about how vulnerability, suffering, and the release into joy, can combine as an ongoing, never-ending life practice. She mines her own experience while looking out into the world with awareness, empathy and the willingness to risk being wide open. These poems stand firm with readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEditor and poet Phil Hall's Introduction \"To Lead by Crying\" argues for a poetics of empathy, and is an enthusiastic retrospective of Bloom's work. In Ronna Bloom's Afterword, she traces the relevance of photography, psychotherapy, and meditation in her work. Defiant, comical, revealing, impolite yet respectful, \u003ci\u003eA Possible Trust\u003c\/i\u003e is a retrospective and celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronna Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurier Poetry #38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771125956","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713600655497,"sku":"9781771125956","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2932d319-81ae-49b3-ab2e-e2a17ebfffa5.jpg?v=1719617245","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-possible-trust-the-poetry-of-ronna-bloom-9781771125956","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}