{"product_id":"virginia-leaf-ballads-odes-lyrics-stanzas-and-lines-in-three-books-9781939930705","title":"Virginia Leaf: Ballads, Odes, Lyrics, Stanzas and Lines in Three Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poet's foreword says he began all this on one fine day. It must have been finer than morning in an adjacent state by the looks of the result. What a sweep  What a breadth  What a memory  Who's left out here? Nobody I know. Virginia is 475 miles long but averages half that, which means here we have about one page per mile of her right across. He cautions that a reading voice with the proper pronunciation of \"Hanover\" and \"Henrico\" is advisable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE POLECAT PRIZE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRAN OFF ALL OTHERS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome versifier came and sowed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003emany a thunderation ode.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis got the Golden Polecat Prize, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe one that draws the market flies, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eawarding a chief excellence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethat chases all the others hence;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eputs to shame and in the shade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe Armadillo Accolade, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eand that eternal charnel foist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eso-called the yearly critics' choist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt strands our thunderation moot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhat's really worth a second hoot.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor some 'twill always be roast beef, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut, after that, Virginia leaf.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belle Isle Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939930705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Edward Wright Haile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42429201252533,"sku":"9781939930705","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_830b7f18-d994-4636-a66a-ece521c402af.jpg?v=1664892867","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/virginia-leaf-ballads-odes-lyrics-stanzas-and-lines-in-three-books-9781939930705","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}