{"product_id":"_artopjl","title":"The Art of Gladness, by Peter J. Lautz","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 36 pages, from \u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThis first chapbook is a collection of 27 poems describing the poet’s relationship to the natural world, his passionate orientation to life (see “birthday prayer” and “Old Time Religion”), meaningful friendships (“Doctor My Eyes”) and extended family ties as in the poems “The Voyage” and “Painted Cave” where ancestors are evoked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eHis savoring of small experiences comes through in poems such as “Graced” and “Life of Riley” where there’s an intention to slow down and notice the world around him. A playfulness abounds here as well in “Evidently” where it seems God or the gods may have forgotten something in that first week of creation. Overall, the collection is a hopeful, sometimes rascally and authentic exploration of the “beautiful mundane”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003ePeter has published one book of poetry \u003cem\u003eStill, Life\u003c\/em\u003e and has had many poems placed in \u003cem\u003eThe San Diego Poetry Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, San Diego Writers’ \u003cem\u003eINK\u003c\/em\u003e anthology, \u003cem\u003eThe Happy Hour Review,\u003c\/em\u003e and was awarded a prize for his poem “Graced” in the San Diego Reader newspaper. Besides writing, he enjoys hiking and exploring nearby canyons and foothills, relaxing with his wonderful partner, meandering conversations with friends, time with his adult children and 3 grandkids and painting with copious color in an abstract style as well as various social-justice causes\/constructive actions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter J. Lautz","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":51473647272251,"sku":"_ARTOPJL","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":51473647305019,"sku":"_ARTOPJLe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/gladness4_cover.png?v=1784230483","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/_artopjl","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}