{"product_id":"second-nature-9780295992914","title":"Second Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Witte's poetry sweeps the reader immediately into its crosscurrents, its passionate engagement and its ambivalence. Composed of staggered tercets, the poems in \u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e track the chaotic rush and swerve of life as we live it. Wide open to the world, Witte writes with uncommon energy and urgency and his vision is exhilarating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e teems with expertly realized lyrics, monologues, and narratives, as well as poems based on historical figures from Ovid to Janis Joplin. The metaphors for human endurance, and the transformative power of art and community, are accurate and rich. Alert to the dangers of love and loss, Witte finds his poems where sorrow and transcendence converge. Like birds singing their \"desperate psalm\" in a clear-cut, his poems bring us a rare kind of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295992914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.11w x 0.26d","brand":"John C. Witte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197298274485,"sku":"9780295992914","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3f1206ba-91b8-4ca8-b918-2a724a1eff0c.jpg?v=1769623052","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/second-nature-9780295992914","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}