{"product_id":"windshift","title":"Windshift","description":"\u003cp\u003eHundreds of verses into her career as a writer for Hallmark Cards, \u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Loots\u003c\/strong\u003e remained essentially anonymous. However, her optimistic view of life touched thousands of lives with a broad swath of social communications, from birthdays to holidays to care of the grieving. She is the author of a number of children’s books published by Hallmark, including \u003cem\u003eFun on the Farm with Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e, now in the Smithsonian collection of pop-up books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work as a poet has been appearing since the 1960s in magazines such as \u003cem\u003eThe Lyric\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlue Unicorn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMeasure\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCricket\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/em\u003e. Anthologies include \u003cem\u003eThe Random House Treasury of Light Verse\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Random House Book of Poetry for Children\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Helicon Nine Reader\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Muse Strikes Back\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Whirlybird Anthology of Kansas City Writers\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLandscapes with Women\u003c\/em\u003e. Online, her poems can be found at \u003cem\u003eMezzo Cammin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLight Poetry Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Her chapbooks are \u003cem\u003eThe Bride’s Mirror Speaks\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSibyl \u0026amp; Sphinx\u003c\/em\u003e (with Gail White). Her collection \u003cem\u003eRoad Trip\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Kelsay Books\/White Violet Press in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the formalist tradition, she writes with admiration for such poets as Robert Frost, Richard Wilbur, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. She resides in Kansas City, Missouri, where she volunteers as a Docent for the renowned Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and worships with the Presbyterians at Second Church. She is married to Bill Dickinson and obeys orders from Bob the Cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\nPaperback: 80 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 22, 2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward:\u003cbr\u003eAAUW Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award Finalist 2019\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43495327563837,"sku":"syx1787286600216","price":10.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/1470\/9053\/files\/windshift_1.jpg?v=1787286605","url":"https:\/\/ownstyleboutique.shop\/products\/windshift","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}