{"id":29739,"date":"2022-03-05T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=29739"},"modified":"2022-03-09T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:19:11","slug":"clouds-love-poems-from-above-the-frayby-jon-meyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/clouds-love-poems-from-above-the-frayby-jon-meyer\/","title":{"rendered":"CLOUDS \u2013 Love Poems From Above the Fray by Jon Meyer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>National and international award-winning poet &amp; photographer Jon Meyer delivers a third book of his inspiring poetry printed on photographs gleaned from his 40 years of traveling. While his previous books focused on Vermont and New England and earned 18 awards for both their poetry and photography, this one includes ten countries and nine US states. It is sure to win many awards of its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/coverofclouds2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/coverofclouds2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/coverofclouds2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">From the cover photo of prayer flags in Annapurna, to the introduction explaining what the phrase \u201cabove the fray\u201d means to him, Jon Meyer sets the mood for the reader. Hiking up into <em>Thorong La <\/em>in Nepal, at 18,000 feet the highest pass in the world, he passed under a thick ice field moments before it crashed into the path behind him. He was then \u201cabove the fray\u201d with a new appreciation of his mortality and his love for the freedom being above the fray brings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each poem is a simple five-line sensory experience evoked by the photograph. The facing page has a paragraph explaining the photograph\u2019s origins, so there are two chances to interpret what each means to you. That is the author\u2019s wish. He presents the vision and the words, sometimes with clarity and sometimes blurred by the clouds, and you are meant to feel the inspirational love he conveys in your own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pickuptrucktritone-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pickuptrucktritone-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pickuptrucktritone-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pickuptrucktritone-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pickuptrucktritone-850x1133.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pickuptrucktritone.jpg 1236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite poem, if I can be said to have one, is on a photograph of an old truck abandoned in the woods with its hood removed and an old tree growing up through the engine compartment. He wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>Nurture our planet<br>And produce more<br>Of these trees<br>Growing through<br>The old to . . . new life.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clouds \u2013 Love Poems From Above the Fray<\/strong> is not a book to be rushed through. A thoughtful perusal will leave you time to \u201chear the prayer flags flutter\u201d and imagine the sound of the Tibetan bells singing, while perhaps revealing to you the author\u2019s vision. It is a joyous one to observe and linger over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clouds \u2013 Love Poems From Above the Fray<br>Poems and Photographs by Jon Meyer<br>Published by Joshua Tree Interactive, Lexington Massachusetts<br>196 pages, 8 \u00bc x 10 \u00bc inches, 64 b&amp;w photos, hardcover<br>ISBN 978-1-7332328-4-5&nbsp;&nbsp; $35.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>tional and international award-winning poet &#038; photographer Jon Meyer delivers a third book of his inspiring poetry printed on photographs gleaned from his 40 years of traveling. While his previous books focused on Vermont and New England and earned 18 awards for both their poetry and photography, this one includes ten countries and nine US states. 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