{"product_id":"red-ocher-paperback","title":"Red Ocher - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Poli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2023 Miller Williams Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Jessica Poli's \u003ci\u003eRed Ocher\u003c\/i\u003e, the wild mortality of the natural world merges with melancholic expressions of romantic loss: a lamb runt dies in the night, a first-time lover inflicts casual cruelties, brussels sprouts rot in a field, love goes quietly and unbearably unrequited. This is an ecopoetics that explores the cyclical natures of love and grief, mindful that \"there will be room for desire \/ again, even after it leaves \/ like a flood receding, \/ the damaged farmhouses \/ and washed-away bridges \/ lying scattered the next day \/ amid silt and debris.\" Throughout, Poli's poems hold space for the sacred-finding it in woods overgrown with thorny weeds, in drunken joy rides down rural roads, and in the red ocher barns that haunt the author's physical and emotional landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Poli is the author of four chapbooks and coeditor of the collection \u003ci\u003eMore in Time: A Tribute to Ted Kooser\u003c\/i\u003e. Originally from Pennsylvania, Poli now a PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 68\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42123238998151,"sku":"9781682262290","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9df201048d723cd43889b8bb1d255191.webp?v=1732565195","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/red-ocher-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}