{"product_id":"the-ghost-soldiers-paperback","title":"The Ghost Soldiers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Tate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, his fifteenth collection of poetry, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Tate continues doing what he does best. His poems are evocative, provocative, funny, subtle, eccentric, occasionally disturbing, and wildly outrageous. Tate′s surrealist style strikes its own utterly new and original note in American poetry; as Charles Simic has observed, \"To write a poem out of nothng at all is Tate′s genius...Just about anything can happen next in this kind of poetry and that is its attraction...He makes me think that anti-poetry is the best friend poetry ever had.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Father′s Day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e My daughter has lived overseas for a number\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e of years now. She married into royalty, and they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e won′t let her communicate with any of her family or \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e friends. She lives on birdseed and a few sips\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e of water. She dreams of me constantly. Her husband, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the Prince, whips her when he catches her dreaming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fierce guard dogs won′t let her out of their sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I hired a detective, but he was killed trying to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e rescue her. I have written hundreds of letters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e to the State Department. They have written back \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e saying that they are aware of the situation. I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e never saw her dance. I was always away at some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e convention. I never saw her sing. I was always\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e working late. I called her My Princess, to make\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e up for my shortcomings, and she never forgave me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Birdseed was her middle name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135882858631,"sku":"9780061756078","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/abdefc24477b429f66e1bbfbe61740d4.webp?v=1732652634","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-ghost-soldiers-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}