{"product_id":"bucolics-paperback-1","title":"Bucolics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaurice Manning\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntitled and unpunctuated, the seventy poems in this acclaimed collection seem to cascade from one page to another. Maurice Manning extolls the virtues of nature and its many gifts, and finds deep gratitude for the mysterious hand that created it all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat bare branch that branch made black \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby the rain the silver raindrop \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehanging from the black branch \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoss I like that black branch \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI like that shiny raindrop Boss \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etell me if I'm wrong but it makes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eme think you're looking right \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat me now isn't that a lark for me \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto think you look that way \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eupside down like a tree frog \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoss I'm not surprised at all \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wouldn't doubt it for \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea minute you're always up \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto something I'll say one thing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou're all right all right you are \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeven when you're hanging Boss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCascading from one page to another, the seventy poems in this collection read like alovesong to creation. Maurice Manning extolls the virtues of nature and its many gifts, and finds deep gratitude for the mysterious hand that created it all. Unpunctuated and untitled, the work wraps you in its reverie and reminds you of the many wonders all around us. Poetry like this is a celebration of life and language, of everything that is.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eADVANCE PRAISE FOR \"BUCOLICS\"\u003cbr\u003e\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\"In these marvelous addresses to the Almighty, Maurice Manning reminds us of our agrarian roots and that our best metaphors for the ineffable all spring from the soil. These psalms, powerful and hectoring, tautological and unique, are reminiscent of King David's. They are spellbinding.\" --Mark Jarman, author of \"To the Green Man\" \u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THE POETRY OF MAURICE MANNING: \u003cbr\u003e\"A fresh and brilliant talent.\" W. S. MERWIN \u003cbr\u003e\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\"\"A Companion for Owls\" conjures the historical D. Boone, Long Hunter, with astonishing intimacy and convincingness, while at the same time using him to stage profoundly nonhistorical scenes. The lucidity and surprise and soulfulness of their language embody an intelligence and sensibility attainable only in high art. Several times I have had to put \"Owl \"down with a shudder, and reload. This is thrilling work.\" -- James Baker Hall, poet laureate of Kentucky\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAURICE MANNING's poems have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e and his first collection of poems was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award. He teaches English at Indiana University. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and Danville, Kentucky.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 7.9 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352672354553,"sku":"9780156034753","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1WIckZb6OC9780156034753_1d1ac684-77be-4eca-bcd2-f7d8f0ca1917.webp?v=1769815440","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bucolics-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}