{"product_id":"whale-fall-black-sage-poems-of-the-journey-9781732952102","title":"Whale Fall \u0026 Black Sage: Poems of the Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of \u003cem\u003eWhale Fall \u0026amp; Black Sage\u003c\/em\u003e, \"three strange angels\" command the poet: \u003cem\u003eGo down.\/ Now you must love that too. \u003c\/em\u003eShe descends into the darkness of whale fall, with its strange creatures both real and imaginary, its song of death and rebirth. Returning to the upper world, her journey becomes more difficult, increasingly revelatory, ultimately transformative.The book ends with a joyous, fully embodied Whitmanesque crow. In \u003cem\u003eWhale Fall \u0026amp; Black Sage, \u003c\/em\u003e the praise poems of \u003cem\u003eHere Along Cazenovia Creek\u003c\/em\u003e have deepened and become more resonant: \"This is the blood\/of black sage: \/resinous, unfailing.\/\/A leaf crushed\/between fingers like this\/saves us from desolation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Saddle Road Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732952102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.14d","brand":"Ruth Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36667753005212,"sku":"9781732952102","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4efb37cc-b42d-4e6c-8878-2d3361ab910b.jpg?v=1603915698","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/whale-fall-black-sage-poems-of-the-journey-9781732952102","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}