{"product_id":"grand-canyon-and-other-selected-poems","title":"Grand Canyon and Other Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrand Canyon and Other Selected Poems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Amil Quayle, Foreword by Brad Dimock\u003cbr\u003eSigned Copies are Available\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmil Quayle was born near the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River in St. Anthony, Idaho, in 1938. In 1961 he ran his first river trip and has been hooked ever since. He was a full-time guide, mostly in the Grand Canyon, for many years and earned a B.S. degree in sociology from the University of Utah. Amil sold his river business and ranched in Nebraska for seven years. He then received a M.A. and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska and taught English for Utah State University and Idaho State University. But his heart is on the river, and he has been privileged to guide on many trips throughout his adventurous life. Soft cover and 112 pages. Includes over 70 amazing river poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSnippet:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrand Canyon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI speak now of that Grand Canyon\u003cbr\u003ewhich lies withine each of us. There\u003cbr\u003eare pre-Cambrian rocks at the center,\u003cbr\u003ethe core, and talus from yesterday's fall;\u003cbr\u003emarble and granite grown hard from the\u003cbr\u003epressure and heat of heartbreak and\u003cbr\u003epassion; crumbling sandstone, layer on\u003cbr\u003elayer of sediment, sentiment piled on\u003cbr\u003eover a lifetime's experience. The sun\u003cbr\u003ebursts on us each morning then dies\u003cbr\u003eand we are in darkness, but moon shadows\u003cbr\u003etease our walls. We listen to the pulsating\u003cbr\u003erhythm of time's river lapping at our\u003cbr\u003eshores. The sandy places slide, diffuse,\u003cbr\u003emove closer to the sea. A billion years\u003cbr\u003eor erosion is magnified, demagnified into\u003cbr\u003esixty or seventy years as we measure time.\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps in a million years your shinbone\u003cbr\u003ewill be a fossil in another Grand Canyon,\u003cbr\u003ecold in a bed of rock next to mine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46362950205625,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/0160\/5817\/files\/GrandCanyon_OtherSelectedPoems.jpg?v=1770839981","url":"https:\/\/cvqfpf-xn.myshopify.com\/products\/grand-canyon-and-other-selected-poems","provider":"Colorado River \u0026 Trail Expeditions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}