{"title":"Laura Williams-Chassot","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"oasis-poems-paintings-paperback","title":"Oasis: Poems \u0026 Paintings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Oasis\" is a refuge of comfort and safety, a plunge into beauty, a respite from toil. It can offer a pause for reflection on the journey; perhaps a time for Memories of \"Ice cream on a hot sidewalk where childhood skipped...\" This precious resource, Laura Williams-Chassot reveals is within. It is not kind, not necessarily gentle, with Memories of \"Healing pain that can't be fixed;\" but is nurturing. It is not always accessible. But it is there-or here. Even when the worst confronts us, our individual paths can lead us to an oasis of sustaining energy and insight.\u003cbr\u003e This volume of poetry forms a loosely sketched narrative, each work a way station on an autobiographical pilgrimage. Each element stands alone with its particular subject matter, structure, and vocabulary--not a series but a metaphorical possibility. The poet is a painter. The ­painting is a poem.\u003cbr\u003e But essentially Laura is the elusive trickster who engages simple ­observation as a mirror of paradoxical truths. A poet who enlists the reader as an ally while -­reserving facets and riddles of understanding to be ­revealed in future encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51245742751967,"sku":"9780982025598","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/i2PzVhYe0S9780982025598.webp?v=1787313372"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/laura-williams-chassot.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}