{"product_id":"testament-poems-9781680033304","title":"Testament: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003eTestament\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness to traumas--cultural, personal, and spiritual--as well as moments of revelatory transport. While the catalyzing tragedies and dilemmas are never out of mind, these nuanced poems maintain faith in the act of speaking as a pathway through despair and toward transformation. \u003cbr\u003e ... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \"Perspective\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And where does your desire for immortality fit in a cosmos predicated on loss? \u003cbr\u003e (Gain, too--but not for you.) \u003cbr\u003e Better to commit yourself to decay, try to find beauty in it. And if you can't, \u003cbr\u003e it may at least seem beautiful to another, far away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680033304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs","brand":"Luke Hankins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42580563427509,"sku":"9781680033304","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ded46911-dde6-4326-bc66-8b0330735bfb.jpg?v=1672758110","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/testament-poems-9781680033304","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}