{"product_id":"in-plentys-woods-poems-paperback","title":"In Plenty's Woods: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrendan Galvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Plenty's Woods, \u003c\/i\u003e a final collection of poems by Brendan Galvin, returns to many settings and subjects that fascinated him: the natural world, particularly the birds around his home off Cape Cod in Truro, Massachusetts; the attractions and dangers of the seashore; his Irish heritage, including its rich language and folk culture; and the pleasures of domestic life. He explores the natural order in dialogue--sometimes playful, sometimes grave--with a personal realm of love, mortality, and the history embedded in the language we exchange. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether describing the birdlife he sees even during wintertime, speculating on the voices heard by sleeping sailors at sea, or writing a love poem he cannot read to his departed wife, Galvin remains a poet of consummate skill and powerful emotion who works the narrative lyric with great precision of attention, flexibility of tone, and expressivity of figure.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrior to his death in 2023, \u003cb\u003eBrendan Galvin \u003c\/b\u003epublished nineteen books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eHabitat: New and Selected Poems, \u003c\/i\u003ea finalist for the National Book Award. Among his many additional honors were a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Sotheby Prize of the Arvon Foundation, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Levinson Prize, and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47582208721117,"sku":"9780807184769","price":25.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/2Xfg144Io69780807184769.webp?v=1773570197","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/in-plentys-woods-poems-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}