{"product_id":"lyrical-years-paperback","title":"Lyrical Years - 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\u003eGary D. Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch like the cherry tomatoes in his ode, Gary Grossman's poems are ripe and tasty, often coming in small containers. Here are moments caught in nets of words, spilling across the page. They leave you with a smile on your face. They leave you with the beauty of language, the \"slow-rolling valley\" and \"fodder for the next star.\" This fun collection commemorates a personal and natural history, the sensibility of a vertebrate ecologist who finds himself in a time of change-not only a pandemic but his retirement-looking forward and looking back, redefining himself. Here is a new tattoo, a buzzard on a roadside pew, cicada love. Enjoy every bit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Janisse Ray, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA House of Branches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Lanterns\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eLyrical Years, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Gary D. Grossman has managed to take flashes of life and encapsulate them in poetic gems that sparkle as each is held up to the light. These are poems that you will come back to for a second and third read to see what else may be reflected in their astute captures of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-James Lewis, editor, \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eVerse-Virtual\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a wonderful volume of poems, filled with life of all kinds and well-earned experience. Reading it will touch your mind and your emotions with truth and grace. Gary Grossman has give us much to consider and more to enjoy for days on end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Philip Lee Williams, member of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGary Grossman blurs lines beautifully in \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eLyrical Years.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e His words balance on the edge; teetering, teasing-even tantalizing the reader with verse that dances between science and sensuality. It's boundary breaking and an eclectic jolt arcing head and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-J. Drew Lanham, PhD, author of \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Home Place\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eSparrow Envy, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Clemson University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGary Grossman takes readers into his world, infused with heartache and humor, snakes and kudzu, hummingbirds and gifts abundant. In the process we learn about his orphaned life, about life-that you can strike out 1,326 times and also be a hero, also be a graceful, intimate poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Susan Fox Rogers, author of \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eLearning the Birds\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalt Whitman once described \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e his life's work, not as a book, but as a man. This feeling, of a life contained within a poetic text, is also expressed by Gary Grossman's \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eLyrical Years.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e From youthful loves to later-life tattoos, Grossman's verses lay bare the personal truths of life while always embracing the most lyrical aspects of the craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Jordan A. Rothacker, author of \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Pit, and No Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350909731065,"sku":"9781639802630","price":31.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OXFjdTZpbEFYYlMvQ3hWTEkzUGcvZz09.webp?v=1769790552","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/lyrical-years-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}