{"product_id":"the-look-back-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","title":"The Look Back: New and Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Look Back is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...a journal of the poet's progress through time, across varied horizons, and within personally-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esignificant as well as culturally- and geographically-shared landscapes, all presented in accessible and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamiliar yet original language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Jonas Zdanys, Poetry International\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe geographies of Jennings' life permeate his poems...the landscape is a character in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a presence infiltrating all that lives within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Bob Darling The Tar River Poetry Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis satisfying lines sing with memory, endured longing, and an imperfect sense of self, striving to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emake sense of mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Ken Hada, World Literature Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading the love lyrics...feels like falling in love. We follow the development of a romance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat...turns the tawdry dross of adultery into the gold of clean-washed emotion. Everything sparkles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efreshly in these poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Jay Rogoff The Southern Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...a Muse book for the most part, deftly dancing with death and the seasons, full of wisdom and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erhyme, assonance and alliteration, pace, silence, love, all those elements that are poetry or should\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edefine what poetry is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Kerry Shawn Keys, Rain Taxi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis gift is to reflect the immensity of life, both exterior and interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Susan Deer Cloud, Stone Canoe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753122234656,"sku":"9798986899459","price":30.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/62b1aea4793b163fd8a3ae93ffced1ad.webp?v=1780013261","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-look-back-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}