{"product_id":"woman-with-a-tree-on-her-head-poems","title":"Woman with a Tree on her Head: Poems","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWoman with a Tree on her Head\u003c\/em\u003e, Patricia Corbus writes about the enchanting, troubled beauty of the world and human life in these lyrical poems of grace and distinction. Sly and funny, a little baroque, a little surreal, accepting and generous, her poems spark with surprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease let me hear from you.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Slip a letter under my door,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e smoke an exploding cigar with me,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e take me out for a cherry bomb\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e or a Molotov cocktail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHumor pops up like a hand reaching out to shake you into joy, as in the ending to \"Advice for a Baby\":\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImmaturity is cute, but maturity is beautiful. Love\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and Horror kiss, then slap each other. Eros has arrows.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Good is more real than evil. Life is hard. Have a nice time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe poems in \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWoman with a Tree on her Head\u003c\/em\u003e contemplate the delicacy and risks of our connections to people, creatures, nature and the inevitable experiences of loss. Here the uncanny mingles with the raw beauty of the world and the power of mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe sun, a gelid gold,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e the lake, a nearsighted blue.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e - I'm afraid\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e that art has nothing to do\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e with my story, and the end\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e has already happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatricia Corbus\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Sarasota, FL and now lives in Charlotte, NC. She has a B.A. from Agnes Scott College, a Master's degree from UNC\/ Chapel Hill, and an MFA from the Warren Wilson MFA Program. She's the author of two poetry collections: \u003cem\u003eAshes, Jade, Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e, 2002 and \u003cem\u003eFinestra's Window\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2015 Off the Grid Poetry Prize. She wishes that she could say something true and rare about poetry, but finds it beyond all telling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526360027411,"sku":"9798985435719","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/3521\/2563\/files\/9798985435719ita.jpg?v=1785851583","url":"https:\/\/danuc.net\/products\/woman-with-a-tree-on-her-head-poems","provider":"Danu's Wardrobe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}