{"product_id":"orbital-paths-paperback","title":"Orbital Paths - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Meyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilver medal winner, 2016 Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin book awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the Robert Frost Farm Prize and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe String Poet Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the lyrical tradition of Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, the finely crafted poems in Richard Meyer's debut collection \u003cem\u003eOrbital Paths\u003c\/em\u003e are brimming with wisdom and wit. Accessible and begging to be read out loud, these poems travel from the depths of outer space to the backyards and back roads of Minnesota with mature (and often playful) insights into nature, relationships, religion, sex, death, mythology, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eOrbital Paths\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Meyer is a siren. Just try to put this collection down.\" -Nicole Helget, author of \u003cem\u003eWonder at the Edge of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStillwater\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Summer of Ordinary Ways\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Richard Meyer's poems are a delight to read. Their rich language and metrical music draw us in...[T]he poet's eye moves easily from wash hanging on the clothesline to meteors screaming through space. Anchoring it all is a cosmic sense of humor. The effect is enchanting.\" -John Thavis, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Vatican Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[These] companionable poems begin in wisdom and end in delight.\" -David Yezzi, author of \u003cem\u003eBirds of the Air\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a seasoned debut collection that smoothly melds science, religion, and nature with wit and protean intelligence to achieve original insights and cosmic fun.\" -Alexander Pepple, Editor, \u003cem\u003eAble Muse \u003c\/em\u003epoetry review\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Witty, lightly philosophical, sonically pleasurable, Richard Meyer's poems will bring special joy to those with a taste for traditional verse.\" -David M. Katz, author of \u003cem\u003eStanzas on Oz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Meyer\u003c\/strong\u003e inspired high school English and humanities students in southern Minnesota for thirty-two years while composing poetry of his own. He lives in his family home, the house his father built, in Mankato, a city at the bend of the Minnesota River. Meyer's poems have appeared in numerous journals and publications, including \u003cem\u003eAble Muse, Alabama Literary Review, Angle, Autumn Sky, The Classical Outlook, The Evansville Review, Light, Measure, New Verse News, The Raintown Review, String Poet, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThink\u003c\/em\u003e. Critically acclaimed for his poems \"Fieldstone\" (Robert Frost Farm Prize) and \"The Autumn Way\" (String Poet Prize), Meyer has also received top honors in the Great River Shakespeare Festival sonnet contest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrbital Paths\u003c\/em\u003e is Richard Meyer's first book of collected poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418070925490,"sku":"9781940419084","price":20.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/16ceec105df606e2cd67376571a73fad.webp?v=1778442119","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/orbital-paths-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}