{"product_id":"like-the-new-moon-i-will-live-my-life-paperback","title":"Like the New Moon I Will Live My Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Bly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDennis Maloney\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eThomas R. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most recent in a line of great American transcendentalist writers.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBly's poems flow from . . . the great current of longing for reality, true maturity, the devotee's call to the Beloved.--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Bly changed the course of poetry in America by opening it up to the imagination and the deep-image aesthetic, he is dedicated to reintegrating poetry with life--daily life, the life of the body, spiritual and political life.--\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Chinese-influenced strain of Bly's work with its room for movement, spontaneity, and openness is celebrated in \u003ci\u003eLike the New Moon I Will Live My Life\u003c\/i\u003e and most amply showcased in its over one hundred and fifty poems. The poems, collected from out-of-print books, chapbooks, and uncollected work spanning fifty years, form a companion to his recent \u003ci\u003eStealing Sugar From The Castle: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike The New Moon I Will Live My Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen your privacy is beginning over, \u003cbr\u003eHow beautiful the things are that you did not notice before \u003cbr\u003eA few sweetclover plants\u003cbr\u003eAlong the road to Bellingham, \u003cbr\u003eCulvert ends poking out of driveways, \u003cbr\u003eWooden corncribs, slowly falling, \u003cbr\u003eWhat no one loves, no one rushes towards or shouts about, \u003cbr\u003eWhat lives like the new moon, \u003cbr\u003eAnd the wind\u003cbr\u003eBlowing against the rumps of grazing cows.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelephone wires stretched across water, \u003cbr\u003eA drowning sailor standing at the foot of his mother's bed, \u003cbr\u003eGrandfathers and grandsons sitting together.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Bly\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most influencial poets, translators, and editors of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas R Smith: Thomas R. Smith is author of six books of poems, Keeping the Star, Horse of Earth, The Dark Indigo Current, Winter Hours, Waking Before Dawn, and The Foot of the Rainbow. \u003cbr\u003eHe is a Loft Foreword Program poetry instructor at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769922126112,"sku":"9781935210641","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9be80ab0dfb8d18922b0cf0c56678b0a.webp?v=1780359875","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/like-the-new-moon-i-will-live-my-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}