{"product_id":"travelers-poems-paperback","title":"Travelers: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Michael Belczyk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe poetry of geography says that every place awaits the traveler. It's what the poet imagines each place to be as well as what it becomes when he goes there.\u003c\/strong\u003e Local or distant, it becomes personal in the poet's imagination. Take a trip with David Michael Belczyk in these instant poems, and you've seen the world. - Samuel Hazo, \u003cem\u003eThe Less Said, the Truer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these impressionistic, roaming poems, David Michael Belczyk journeys into memories and across cities and continents-Bayeux's \"soaring spires,\" Rochester's \"shuttered clapboard houses,\" Granada's \"aisles of palm through iron bars,\" Puerto Rico's \"wind and rivulets [that] ran through the open doors\"-as he searches for \"a sacred place . . . hallowed by the ones that went before.\" These are \u003cstrong\u003epoignant songs of longing and desire that evoke the complexities of attraction to the real and imagined, the actual and the mythic, the love that compels the poet to meander for meaning \"toward the end of all roads.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Orlando Ricardo Menes, \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of Wildflowers and Weeds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTravelers\u003c\/em\u003e is Belczyk's serenade to places and to place; multiple journeys of body and of mind. These poems constitute \u003cstrong\u003ea nuanced seeking after desire, and the sometimes perplexing results of that search.\u003c\/strong\u003e -Gerald Costanzo, \u003cem\u003eRegular Haunts: New and Previous Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Michael Belczyk's \u003cem\u003eTravelers \u003c\/em\u003eis \u003cstrong\u003ean ambitious, conceptual collection that covers a lot of territory, both geographical and emotional.\u003c\/strong\u003e This series of love poems to places examines the important connections we make to specific locations, environments, and the influence those things have on our lives. A fascinating exploration. - Jim Daniels, \u003cem\u003eGun\/Shy \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Luck of the Fall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781601231136,"sku":"9781939530349","price":18.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/127c6ba937a43f42628ccb00716d83ab.webp?v=1780553910","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/travelers-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}