{"product_id":"swans-island-buoys-and-other-lines-hardcover","title":"Swans Island Buoys and Other Lines - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Junkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSwans Island Buoys and Other Lines, \u003c\/i\u003e an award-winning poet shares his compilation of poetry spanning forty years and providing a colorful glimpse into life on a small working island in Blue Hill Bay in the Downeast Maine coastal waters. Donald Junkins, a former professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Director of the Master of Fine Arts program in English, offers seventy-five poems presented in a lyrical, resonant voice. Junkins includes original poetry and works previously published in such journals as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Virginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and the two-volume anthology \u003ci\u003eContemporary New England Poetry.\u003c\/i\u003e With a polished style, Junkins illustrates daily life for the 350 year-round inhabitants who orchestrate their lives around the tides, nightly winds, lobstering, fog, and late summer rains. In a world where the natural ebb and flow of nature dictates everyday life, Junkins offers an exquisite collection of poetry reminiscent of a time gone by. \u003ci\u003eOn this late morning in late June two yellow butterflies traverse the beach peas where the seawall begins. Mourning doves sound in the air.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169174589575,"sku":"9781450244336","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/14a453001bf3660631654643d357ea13.webp?v=1733339726","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/swans-island-buoys-and-other-lines-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}