{"product_id":"in-the-midst-9781426942792","title":"In the Midst","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James J. Adams\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Trafford Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Trafford Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor James J. Adams presents \u003ci\u003eIn the Midst, \u003c\/i\u003e an updated edition of his previously published poetry collection, \u003ci\u003ePut the Guns Down\u003c\/i\u003e (1996). Adams's poetry aims at bringing attention to the violence-particularly gun-related violence-that affects our youth. It proceeds with authenticity and timelessness, presented in the edgy, spiritual voice of the street. As relevant now as it was in 1996, the poetry of \u003ci\u003eIn the Midst\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the lives of the young-as they are, and as they should be. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePut the GUNS down\u003c\/b\u003e Put your arms up. Act crazy, be heroic \u0026amp; your grave is nigh Fights used to take place with fists \u0026amp; cold mama jokes. Both the time \u0026amp; the day have taken a deadly twist Presently, brotherly disagreements have a medieval or wild west style GUNS are completing what captivity \u0026amp; disease started; Burying Folks till our presence is through A chunk of melted steel with a curved trigga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trafford Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45129594339479,"sku":"9781426942792","price":712.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781426942792.webp?v=1767280549","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/in-the-midst-9781426942792","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}