{"product_id":"glad-sorry-seasons-paperback","title":"Glad \u0026 Sorry Seasons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second full-length collection from sonneteer and formalist poet Catherine Chandler, \u003ci\u003eGlad and Sorry Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e brings together new suites of poems--on grief, recovery, the deadly sins, and the virtues of faith, hope, and love--to meditate on those polarities of light and dark, joy and sorrow, that illuminate and cloud our lives by turn. With subjects ranging from Alzheimer's to Edward Hopper's Automat, in handsomely crafted stanzas and metres, and including translations from Qu becois and Latin American poets, \u003ci\u003eGlad and Sorry Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning and learned offering from a poet unmistakably committed to form. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWaiting\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor the man in the Intensive Care Unit waiting room, \u003cbr\u003eH pital Notre-Dame, Montr al, June 2012\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome nights I've seen\u003cbr\u003ea slice of silver slink across this room\u003cbr\u003eI now call home, \u003cbr\u003eabove my makeshift bed--a rickety chair\u003cbr\u003ebeside the snack machine.\u003cbr\u003eClose by, the elevators whirr and beep.\u003cbr\u003eI cannot, dare not, drift asleep, \u003cbr\u003elet down my guard, \u003cbr\u003einviting shoulder taps, a whispered \u003ci\u003eSir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eor dreams of her\u003cbr\u003eonce-vivid eyes that stare \u0026amp; stare \u0026amp; stare, \u003cbr\u003edull, distant, hard.\u003cbr\u003eThus I will will her through another day.\u003cbr\u003eMake crazy compromises. Pray.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e's poetry, translations and essays have been published in numerous journals and anthologies in North America, the U.K. and Australia. Winner of the Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eLines of Flight\u003c\/i\u003e (Able Muse Press, 2011), a collection of sonnets, \u003ci\u003eThis Sweet Order\u003c\/i\u003e (White Violet Press, 2012) and two chapbooks. Glad and Sorry Seasons is her second full-length collection. Recently retired from McGill University where she lectured in the Department of Translation Studies, Catherine resides in Saint-Lazare, Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 79\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769976717600,"sku":"9781927428610","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e009b1ac6e6145b990b07d7863c8eecd.webp?v=1780361540","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/glad-sorry-seasons-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}