{"product_id":"the-unnumbered-anniversaries-poems-9781594981715","title":"The Unnumbered Anniversaries: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery day is an anniversary of sorts, yet we choose to celebrate, memorialize, or mourn only a few. What about the other days of our lives, those that will never merit Silver, Gold, or Diamond, yet when added together-joy mingled with sorrow, heartbreak leavened by laughter-ultimately constitute this thing we call life? These are \u003cem\u003eThe Unnumbered Anniversaries\u003c\/em\u003e Kurt Olsson seeks to commemorate within these unflinching poems and pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt heart, The Unnumbered Anniversaries is a testament to the ordinary, those fragments of time and place, of people and things, that distance and reflection somehow transform into the extraordinary. \u003cem\u003eThe empty soda can that doubled as an ashtray. The stray dog that shadowed you to school and back. The Willie Mays catch you made that summery afternoon\u003c\/em\u003e.... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelatable. Affecting. Witty. And scrubbed of all pretension... \u003cem\u003eThe Unnumbered Anniversaries\u003c\/em\u003e might well change your idea of not just what poetry is, but all that poetry can be. Indeed, this is not a collection to be read once and set aside with a pleasant nod or two, but rather an experience you will return to with cherished frequency. As Olsson observes in his slyly subversive penultimate entry, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"At some point, you will thank God whether you believe or not.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Amen!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernwood Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594981715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d","brand":"Kurt Olsson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798501818549,"sku":"9781594981715","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e16876ec-ac99-4e69-8dd9-988d50580c90.jpg?v=1758638967","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-unnumbered-anniversaries-poems-9781594981715","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}