{"product_id":"love-poems-of-alan-dugan-9781644215104","title":"Love Poems of Alan Dugan","description":"\u003cb\u003eUnique, inimitable expressions of romantic love from a the National Book Award-winning poet, the great Irish American bard.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe love poems of the Great American poet Alan Dugan rival those by Catullus and Neruda for their insight and wit that have offered solace and entertained readers for decades and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaustic, lustful and dark, these are yet beautiful expressions of the lionhearted Irish American poet, the core of his art, blending hurt and hardship with a powerful belief in the driving force that love is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \"Love Song: I and Thou,\" in \u003ci\u003ePoems \u003c\/i\u003e(1961): \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I can nail my left palm\u003cbr\u003e To the left-hand crosspiece but\u003cbr\u003e I can't do everything myself: \u003cbr\u003e I need a hand to nail the right, \u003cbr\u003e A help, a love, a you, a wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd from \"Night Scene before Combat\" in \u003ci\u003ePoems Six \u003c\/i\u003e(1989): \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ... I should get back\u003cbr\u003e to the truck I I left idling\u003cbr\u003e by the curb, but I turn to you\u003cbr\u003e for one last time in sleep, love, \u003cbr\u003e before I put my uniform back on, \u003cbr\u003e check my piece, and say So Long.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644215104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Alan Dugan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034447343797,"sku":"9781644215104","price":10.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e65b83ea-7bcc-46e9-ad22-0e97e9c35bc1.jpg?v=1763594306","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/love-poems-of-alan-dugan-9781644215104","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}