{"product_id":"death-is-the-dismount-paperback","title":"Death Is the Dismount - 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\u003eStuart Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasting a keen eye on transcendent wonders and head-scratching absurdities, Stuart Watson writes poetry informed by thirty years in daily newspaper journalism and 76 years swimming the rapids of life. Inside professional ethics, Watson poured his poet's soul into narrative reports of breaking news and human-interest profiles. Honored in 1983 for the Best Writing in Oregon Newspapers, Watson also earned regional recognition for humorous writing. Since retiring, he has published over a hundred short stories and poems in literary magazines. His work ranges from meditations on the beauty and brutality of nature, to the absurdity of human behavior. Read the news. Laugh, cry, reflect. Turn the page. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatson's poetry maps the landscape of human relationship, from connection to rupture, bliss to tortured doubt. Subject matter ranges from the paucity of orgasms, to the absurdity of fashion advertising, reflections on late-life discoveries about one's true parentage, odes to donuts, regretful reckonings with youthful infidelity and keys to aging well. If you ever wanted to sit inside a confessional and listen to others unload, you're in the right place. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly Prasie: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What do I want from a poem? I never know until the poem presents the gift. The best poets offer them in surprise packaging. You read. You think. You read again and your breathing slows. You imagine a thing or feel a thing or think a thing you haven't imagined or felt or thought before. That's the kind of poetry Stu Watson offers. Call it a slow smolder. Then let it catch fire.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-SUSAN PALMER, novelist, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Tabernacle Bar \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Booker Rebellion\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The poems in this fine collection sing of love and sex and death and donuts so sweet you cannot eat them and, of course, of the dogs who teach us how to live. Do yourself a favor and savor these poems slowly and let their jubilance uplift you from where you have sat far too long thinking of the daily news.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -TIM SCHELL, author of \u003cem\u003eRoad to the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In his collection Death Is the Dismount, poet Stu Watson offers brand spanking new takes on aging replete with blush-worthy lust, tender declarations of love, honest appraisals of his family history, and eloquent reckonings with what comes closer every day, death. There's a surprise 'round every turn of page...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-ELLEN WATERSTON, Oregon Poet Laureate, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eauthor \u003cem\u003eof As Far as I Can Anthem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875235082489,"sku":"9781968610265","price":20.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/PjlMyTDXpi9781968610265.webp?v=1787333494","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/death-is-the-dismount-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}