{"product_id":"persephone-heads-for-the-gate-paperback-2","title":"Persephone Heads for the Gate - 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\u003eMerrill Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tender attention with which Merrill Douglas holds the things of this world is breathtaking: \"small brown birds\/going \u003ci\u003echink, chink\u003c\/i\u003e like coins in the ivy,\" \"sun licks billows\/of garlicky lamb smoke\/that roll above street fair earrings,\" a toasted marshmallow that \"flakes on my tongue with the taste of charred news,\" or \"the sound my grown body releases\/now when I unfasten my bra.\" It is a deep and moving pleasure to spend time in the world of these poems, poems that suggest, no, \u003ci\u003einsist\u003c\/i\u003e that to live is to \"immerse your face in mud and then arise...,\" to \"pinch together thumb and index finger to tweeze\/unending filaments of joy from the air....\" --\u003cb\u003eMarilyn McCabe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.99 x 6.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47582655381725,"sku":"9781878851260","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/iP-EFxAf79781878851260_cf7a7b27-308a-4e1d-86a4-c379fed8dc64.webp?v=1773582974","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/persephone-heads-for-the-gate-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}