{"product_id":"9780061176272","title":"Sally's Hair: Poems","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKoethe, John\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/27\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet me stay there for a while, while evening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gathers in the sky and daylight lingers on the hills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There's something in the air, something I can't quite see,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hiding behind this stock of images, this language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Culled from all the poems I've ever loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e John Koethe's remarkable gift to readers is an elegiac poetry that explores the transitory nature of ordinary human experience. The beautiful poems in this new collection celebrate the creative power of human beings, the only weapon we possess against time's relentless \"slow approach to anonymity and death.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Of all Koethe's books, SALLY'S HAIR is probably his most human and various. He is well known for his meditative lyrics and this volume begins with a brilliant series of such poems, among them \"Eros and the Everyday.\" This is followed by \"The Unlasting,\" a long poem devoted to time and experience, and a third section comprised of more public poems, some of them political, such as \"The Maquiladoras\" and \"Poetry and the War.\" This perceptive, luminescent collection concludes with a group of vivid and conversational poems, recollections, including the gems \"Proust\" and \"HAMLET.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46827230724351,"sku":"9780061176272","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780061176272_s600x595.jpg?v=1780333150","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780061176272","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}