{"product_id":"seaside-poems-talking-to-the-waves","title":"Seaside Poems: Talking to the Waves","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClarissa Jakobsons\u003c\/strong\u003e taught poetry, journaling, and various art classes at Cuyahoga Community College after teaching middle school art. She’s been featured at Parisienne Shakespeare and Company Bookstore and won Akron Art Museum’s New Words Competition. Her work appears in \u003cem\u003eSheila-Na-Gig, Glint Literary Journal, Hawaii Pacific Review, Lake, Ruminate, The Tower Magazine, \u003c\/em\u003eand elsewhere. Her poetry collection \u003cem\u003eBaltic Amber in a Chest \u003c\/em\u003e(Bottom Dog Press, 2023) received a Pushcart nomination and is available worldwide. She is delighted to give readings in Ohio, the Cape, Florida, and California. She writes, “Don’t be surprised to see my inner artist kicking sandcastles, climbing Mount Diablo, painting Provincetown dunes, or writing under an Ohio crescent moon.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eClarissa was born in Germany of Lithuanian parents fleeing the Russian Communists and willingly shares her family’s WWII history. As a child, her Saturdays were filled with inspirational drawing and painting classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, which instilled a lifelong affair with the arts. A former Kent State University art professor once remarked that her sketchbooks looked like poetry. Who would’ve guessed this observation predicted her weaving art and poems, or creating crystalized books? Since her college days at KSU, she has adored Cape Cod’s ocean waves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 60 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (July 31, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665553703083,"sku":"jln1787287194281","price":12.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/4930\/0651\/files\/seaside-poems-talking-to-the-waves_1.jpg?v=1787287199","url":"https:\/\/trendedgefashion.shop\/products\/seaside-poems-talking-to-the-waves","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}