{"product_id":"third-class-relics-9798989948802","title":"Third-Class Relics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe pleasures provided by Scott Dalgarno's \u003cem\u003eThird-Class Relics \u003c\/em\u003eare abundant. In evidence are a discerning mind, a musical ear, a witty intellect, and a bruised but open heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith precise diction, compelling narratives, and smooth, inviting language, Dalgarno examines a wide array of subjects. Here is a poet at ease with unease. In one poem, he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edefines limbo as a place where \"Kettle never boils; dog circles \/ and circles but never lies down.\" In another, he addresses an \"unrealized\" zygote this way: \"Your not being here \/ is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeverywhere.\" For me, a good poem both entertains and disturbs, the latter by shaking us from complacency. Scott Dalgarno's book is filled with such poems. \u003cem\u003eThird-Class Relics\u003c\/em\u003e is a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst-class triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Andrea Hollander, author of \u003cem\u003eAnd Now, Nowhere But Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There go the swallows \/ taking it out on the morning,\" writes Dalgarno, whose collection is a stirring portrayal of a life pulled in to focus. The poems in \u003cem\u003eThird-Class Relics\u003c\/em\u003e ask us to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereckon with the lyric tension of our lives in the metaphoric borderland of so many kinds of rapture. It arrives with a fresh and clear voice that invites its reader to remember they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare always already a viewer, a visitor, and a voyeur, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Meg Day, author of \u003cem\u003eLast Psalm at Sea Level\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Moonpath Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989948802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Scott Dalgarno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299134636213,"sku":"9798989948802","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9ffc56bf-796c-4aa2-ba1d-cce407c5ee8e.jpg?v=1751985439","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/third-class-relics-9798989948802","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}