{"product_id":"seven-star-bird-poems-9781555973889","title":"Seven-Star Bird: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Daniel explores a city-entire lives-swept clean off the map in this haunting debut \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs breezes lap the shallow-tugged tide flow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd swallows twitter and skirt the dusk, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe lie within the wreckage of the stars-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe moon spill, our planets' pull-this sad machine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --from \"Seven-Star Bird\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou will not find Friendship, Texas; it now lies at the bottom of a lake of floodwater, forgotten. In\u003ci\u003e Seven-Star Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, David Daniel rescues the town's-and the poet's own family's-stories and memories, from an immigrant past and from the clutches of devastation. In a weaving of elliptical and elaborate voices, lyrics, and narratives, Daniel's debut collection-guided by Heraclitus-discovers an ethical, religious, and aesthetic antidote to the disasters of loss and disappointment, why the gods call down their inexplicable punishment, why we can never step into the same river twice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555973889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.84w x 0.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Daniel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774123045045,"sku":"9781555973889","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/seven-star-bird-poems-9781555973889","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}