{"product_id":"the-poets-child-a-copper-canyon-anthology-9781556591754","title":"The Poet's Child: A Copper Canyon Anthology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a parent is poet, the child becomes a muse—often wondrous, sometimes terrifying. This anthology explores the vast emotional landscape of parenting, from the serenity of innocent naps to the howling anguish of early deaths. Here are poetic mothers and fathers (and children), across cultures both ancient and modern, trying to make sense—and art—from the sublime mystery and relentless grind of living with children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNever has there been a collection that so honestly speaks to the parents’ perspective, where moments of tenderness—such as a father abandoning \"the most divinely inspired poem\" to feed his son—have their counterpoints:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—a nursing mother-poet, who has not slept in 400 nights, going \"gradually mad\" or —a mother’s realization that her daughter would \"drive nails into my tongue\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemember those older friends we used to envy,\u003cbr\u003e brilliant and glittering with beauty,\u003cbr\u003e Who refused to have children,\u003cbr\u003e not about to sacrifice their careers;\u003cbr\u003e Who refused the mess, the entrapment,\u003cbr\u003e as we toiled over chores and homework,\u003cbr\u003e worried about measles and money—\u003cbr\u003e Have you seen them lately?\u003cbr\u003e They no longer converse in sparkling cadenzas.\u003cbr\u003e They are obsessed with their little dog\u003cbr\u003e who piddles on the Oriental rug,\u003cbr\u003e who throws up on the bedspread…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey way they caress him makes you fairly ill;\u003cbr\u003e the way they call him, \"Baby.\"\u003cbr\u003e from \"Children\" by Carolyn Kizer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Wiegers\u003c\/b\u003e is the managing editor at Copper Canyon Press. His most recent anthology is \u003ci\u003eReversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon, 2002), co-edited with Monica de la Torre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors Include:\u003cbr\u003e John Balaban\u003cbr\u003e Marvin Bell\u003cbr\u003e Kay Boyle\u003cbr\u003e Norman Dubie\u003cbr\u003e Susan Griffin\u003cbr\u003e Jim Harrison\u003cbr\u003e Ho Xuan Huong\u003cbr\u003e Rolf Jacobsen\u003cbr\u003e Richard Jones\u003cbr\u003e Carolyn Kizer\u003cbr\u003e Thomas McGrath\u003cbr\u003e W.S. Merwin\u003cbr\u003e Alberto Ríos\u003cbr\u003e Ann Stanford\u003cbr\u003e Su Tung-p’o\u003cbr\u003e T’ao Chien\u003cbr\u003e C.D. Wright\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inaugural volume in the Copper Canyon Press Back to Books Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041319027031,"sku":"9781556591754","price":13.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556591754.jpg?v=1750949797","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-poets-child-a-copper-canyon-anthology-9781556591754","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}