{"product_id":"worth-more-standing-poets-and-activists-pay-homage-to-trees-9781773860824","title":"Worth More Standing: Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees","description":"\u003cb\u003e Poets, both settler and Indigenous, pay tribute to trees through reflections on the past, connections to the present, and calls for the protection of our future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWorth More Standing: Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated poets and activists pay homage to the ghosts of lost forests and issue a rallying cry to protect remaining ancient giants and restore uncolonized spaces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Themes of connection, ecology, grief, and protection are explored through poems about trees and forests written by an impressive number of influential poets, several of whom have attended the recent Fairy Creek blockades and still others who defended old growth ecosystems in Clayoquot Sound nearly 30 years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors include ninth Parliamentary Poet Laureate Louise Bernice Halfe-Sky Dancer, GG winner Arleen Paré, Canadian icon bill bissett, Griffin Poetry Prize winner Eve Joseph, ReLit Award winner Patrick Friesen, Order of Canada and Order of the Rising Sun recipient Joy Kogawa, Vancouver Poet Laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam, Harold Rhenisch, Jay Ruzesky, John Barton, Kate Braid, Kim Trainor, Kim Goldberg, Pamela Porter, Patricia and Terence Young, Russell Thornton, Sonnet L'Abbé, Susan McCaslin, Susan Musgrave, Tom Wayman, Trevor Carolan, Yvonne Blomer, Zoe Dickinson, and the late Pat Lowther.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Caitlin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773860824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Christine Lowther","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42362388218037,"sku":"9781773860824","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_97d097ce-44c7-48c4-baba-ed6bfebd2c72.jpg?v=1662434862","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/worth-more-standing-poets-and-activists-pay-homage-to-trees-9781773860824","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}