{"product_id":"desire-returns-for-a-visit-intimate-poems-about-lesbian-love-9781633042025","title":"Desire Returns for a Visit: Intimate Poems about Lesbian Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" Sandra de Helen's] book of poems is a great way to read a truthful, witty, poignant memoir about lesbian love.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Judy Grahn, Ph.D., poet, writer, trailblazer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I didn't need to read beyond the first line of the first poem in Sandra de Helen's collection \u003cem\u003eDesire Returns\u003c\/em\u003e to know I'd be loving this book: \"Wearing makeup is as unnecessary as \/ painting crickets.\" What a fanciful imagination. What a cohesive, splendidly ordered body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not often I find poems that speak so directly of and to my lesbian heart. Love poems all, even when love kicks and confuses, this poet portrays the lesbian core.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNor does de Helen speak to lesbians only. The universality of love, erotic desire, heartbreak, romantic struggle, all are here. From the poem \"Donations\" comes this lovely metaphor: \"My pail of dreams has been tipped out.\" She allows her gentle humor free reign, as in a poem about falling for cast-off lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra de Helen is a fine poet, by turns earthy, erotic, ethereal, funny, a lesbian herstorian, a lover, a beloved. Her poems will be loved as well.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Lee Lynch, novelist, essayist, short story writer, trailblazer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Launch Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633042025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.31d","brand":"Sandra De Helen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663547855004,"sku":"9781633042025","price":10.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d6faa2d0-efb6-484f-86c8-5f6cdf02f6cc.jpg?v=1603904562","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/desire-returns-for-a-visit-intimate-poems-about-lesbian-love-9781633042025","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}