{"product_id":"undersea-paperback","title":"Undersea - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaureen Seaton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUndersea is Seaton's free-wheeling series of love notes to her transplanted sea-struck self and her salty sidekick--poems that celebrate her signature wit and joy in that wild state of mind called Florida. Author Caridad Moro-Gronlier writes of Undersea: Told with her singular wit and wisdom honed by salt and sun and brine, the poems are besotted with Florida-its superhero pelicans, the rum-macerated retirees baking in the sun, the soundtrack of air-conditioning, and a lover's night terrors playing in an oceanside efficiency. The speaker in these poems is love-laden but clear-eyed, sure that \"there is no line between water and sky,\" the perfect \"stark raving\" guide for the reader eager to \"...proceed until the edge of the cave \/ or run out of air, whichever comes first.\" Author Gregg Shapiro said: Poet diva Maureen Seaton's sun- and sea-drenched poetry collection combines all of her strengths: teacher, lover, observer, seeker, reporter, tour guide, singer, naturalist, rover, sibling, and wordsmith. Seaton invites readers to a faulty but irresistible paradise, complete with detailed instructions, and we'd be foolish not to accept. Still playful, still furiously cooking up ways to feed our poetic hunger. Seaton's Undersea is a thirst-quenching series of love poem postcards to and from Florida. Author Julie Marie Wade said: Undersea is a novella in poems. I was flung loose from my body so many times, sailing across the Sunshine State on a cloud of sensuous imagery. In Seaton's rendering of this land we love, \"Avocados\/fall like big and little bombs,\" \"egrets grow fat on curly fries,\" and \"there is no line between water and sky.\" Come for the \"gibbous moonlight,\" the \"canny pelicans,\" a \"speedboat full of gangsters.\" Stay for the long-won wisdom of the poet herself, who hearkens Blake's imperative to \"see the world in a grain of sand\"--literally and figuratively, too. Seaton is the glass and the salt, the sling and the shot, \"the blue ineffable\" that lingers beyond her most luminous feats of language.⠀\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099283165319,"sku":"9781737330707","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b79fad66e1b792a7b854bbcf2bac1019.webp?v=1732372656","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/undersea-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}