{"product_id":"beyond-the-delta-9781634137638","title":"Beyond the Delta","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Ryrie Brink\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mill City Press, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mill City Press, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his long-awaited debut, poet David Ryrie Brink shares a remarkable and carefully culled collection of his work. Inspired by what he's experienced and seen throughout his 96+ years of life on this earth, he gives it to us through the lens of his unique filter and perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo soon our tiny craft is launched\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUpon the river's teeming flood, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo toss and twist as wills the stream, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhile those who launched us drift away\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOr disappear in eddied swells, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd leave us without motive force\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo sail upstream, reversing course, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eYet strength to dock at ports of call.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd so we stop at many ports -\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome ports of learning, ports of work, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd ports of friendship, ports of love, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd ports of help, of parenthood.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut many ports along the way\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe pass, aware we can't return.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo long the trip, so slow the stream, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo many ports unvisited.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd, in the end, so much alone, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUntil, at last, we reach the sea -\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond the delta's farthest sands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd float the limitless unknown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-The Voyage\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46481499586711,"sku":"9781634137638","price":1235.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781634137638.jpg?v=1766312932","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beyond-the-delta-9781634137638","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}