{"product_id":"un-reconciled-poems-of-a-love-gone-off-paperback","title":"UN\/Reconciled: Poems of a love gone off - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePasquale Trozzolo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike a siren's sultry song haunts the sailor, a mysterious woman floats in and out of the speaker's life. Trozzolo takes us on a poetic journey through a salacious love affair that has such a hold on him that he still sees her \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eeverywhere. Every bar. Every blonde.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e The poems deftly echo the brief, dangerous\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emoments the two lovers shared. Reader's will certainly feel the urge to \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003efollow, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e as \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ea distant but familiar pulse beckons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e you to the end.\u003cbr\u003e-Shawn Aveningo Sanders, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat She Was Wearing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn equal measures sly and sincere, impenitent and indulgent, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eUN\/Reconciled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003erevisits a love affair that haunts the speaker's life. This paean to passion will charm with bitter-sweet delight.\u003cbr\u003e-Marcela Sulak, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of Skypapers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMouth Full of Seeds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an aching decades-long story \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eUN\/Reconciled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e takes us to a place that may terrify some-the place where passion and longing live unsettled, with no guilt in their pleasure...and perhaps no way out. By sea, air and radio waves, we are transported to untold romantic delights, and to the precipice of unfathomable regret.\u003cbr\u003e-Becky Blades, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo Your Laundry Or Die Alone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eStart More Than You Can Finish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eUN\/Reconciled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a journey to the center of that most complex human experience: romantic love. With wit and clarity, the speaker asks us to remember that our lives are brief and our connections with one another matter. This speaker investigates the ways in which love can shape and haunt us long after a relationship has run its course.\u003cbr\u003e-Caroline Goodwin, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMadrigals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Snow, White Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrozzolo's chapbook is a series of small, haunting poems, large with memory and ache. The poems begin with an epigraph-careful insight into each moment and an unraveling of a story of love never forgotten. He writes, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIronic, your favorite word to misuse \/ finally fits-a perfect description of \/ how you loved me but didn't.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Trozzolo gives us poems that remind us how much we have loved and how that love never leaves us.\u003cbr\u003e-Trish Hopkinson, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eFootnote\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlmost Famous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42171435188359,"sku":"9781639802128","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/21c3e1d1368e02fd06bf75b86ff8a1a7.webp?v=1733355686","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/un-reconciled-poems-of-a-love-gone-off-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}