{"product_id":"otherwise-my-life-is-ordinary-paperback","title":"Otherwise, My Life Is Ordinary - 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\u003eBobby Byrd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpoken plainly, all of us get born, then we go away. What shall we do in the meantime, huh?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eByrd's poems are always talking to somebody. The living and the dead. Like the legendary Japanese poet Basho or his neighbors down the street. His dead brother.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrowing up in Memphis, #3: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn 1952 Dewey Phillips invented Elvis.\u003cbr\u003eIt happened on the radio.\u003cbr\u003eRock n' Roll saved my life.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1960 the bad guys sold Elvis into slavery.\u003cbr\u003eDon't let anybody tell you different.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis morning I made love with the lettuce picker: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery year the lettuce picker plants her seeds in October.\u003cbr\u003eLettuce loves this time of the year in the Chihuahua Desert.\u003cbr\u003eOctober passes and November comes.\u003cbr\u003eThe lettuce grows leafy and happy.\u003cbr\u003eThe lettuce picker slips out to the garden in the morning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI will not tell you how old I am.\u003cbr\u003eI will not tell you how old she is.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut her legs are white, her rear end\u003cbr\u003eis clad in purple pajamas\u003cbr\u003eand is raised like a flag planted\u003cbr\u003ein the dirt\u003cbr\u003efor the preservation of love.\u003cbr\u003eToday is Sunday, the day of Sabbath.\u003cbr\u003eA day to remember ourselves.\u003cbr\u003eA day to worship all that is holy.\u003cbr\u003eThis is what we do when we make love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoet, essayist, publisher, and ordained Zen priest \u003cb\u003eBobby Byrd\u003c\/b\u003e, with his wife Lee, received the Lannan Fellowship for Cultural Freedom in 2006. He has published numerous books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eWhite Panties, Dead Friends \u0026amp; Other Bits \u0026amp; Pieces of Love\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). With his son John Byrd, he is co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePuro Border: Dispatches, Graffiti and Snapshots from the U.S.\/Mexico Border\u003c\/i\u003e and the crime fiction anthology \u003ci\u003eLone Star Noir\u003c\/i\u003e (Akashic Books).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet, essayist and publisher, Bobby Byrd, with his wife Lee, received the Lannan Fellowship for Cultural Freedom in 2006. With his son John Byrd, he is co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePuro Border: Dispatches, Graffiti and Snapshots from the U.S.\/Mexico Border\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLone Star Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published numerous books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eWhite Panties, Dead Friends \u0026amp; Other Bits \u0026amp; Pieces of Love\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452241916153,"sku":"9781935955757","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/LFwJlYBhvw9781935955757.webp?v=1779947599","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/otherwise-my-life-is-ordinary-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}