{"product_id":"sallys-hair-poems-9780061176272","title":"Sally's Hair: Poems","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Koethe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.71h x 6.64w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061176272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoethe, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Koethe is distinguished professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the first Poet Laureate of Milwaukee. His collections include \u003cem\u003eFalling Water, \u003c\/em\u003e which won the Kingsley-Tufts Award, \u003cem\u003eNorth Point North, \u003c\/em\u003e a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and \u003cem\u003eNinety-fifth Street, \u003c\/em\u003e winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2011, he received a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40670107631731,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":20.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1c9cc41f-ef63-4556-8e9c-08bc651ad1a9.jpg?v=1673965985","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sallys-hair-poems-9780061176272","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}