{"product_id":"picnic-on-the-moon-paperback-1","title":"Picnic on the Moon - 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\u003eCharles Coe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown for his powerful readings and unusually warm and compassionate voice, Charles Coe's poems speak to the heart and mind as well as the ear. Combining subjects as diverse as Afro-American history, myth, jazz, and family as well as surprising observations of those unexpected moments of joy to be found in a work-a-day inner city life, Coe offers us poems as personal as the tale of a sister who opened his life to literature and closed her own with dope; as quietly momentous as the story of Rosa Parks. Here are poems for Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Mingus alongside a haunting homage to the 'guests' of a battered women's shelter. Above all, Coe's poems touch upon what is essential in us all and speak of life as a gift that is far from perfect but all we have. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Coe\u003c\/b\u003e is the winner of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Poetry Fellowship. A jazz and popular vocalist, he was born in Indianapolis, lives in the Boston area and travels widely to perform and record his work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGet on Up!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan anybody else here say that\u003cbr\u003ein the summer of 1967, \u003cbr\u003ewhen they were fourteen years old, \u003cbr\u003etheir mama took them to a James Brown concert?\u003cbr\u003eDid you walk alongside her\u003cbr\u003eThrough the gates of\u003cbr\u003eA minor-league ballpark\u003cbr\u003eOn a hot, cloudless Indiana night\u003cbr\u003eWhen the moon shone like a spotlight\u003cbr\u003eOn the rough wooden stage?\u003cbr\u003eWas anybody else here sittin' beside their mama\u003cbr\u003eOn those hard benches\u003cbr\u003eWhen James's band, the Famous Flames\u003cbr\u003eCame out to lay down\u003cbr\u003eA red carpet of funk\u003cbr\u003eAnd the announcer whipped that crowd\u003cbr\u003eLike a bowl of black cream\u003cbr\u003e'til the Godfather of Soul finally skated onstage\u003cbr\u003elike a waterbug, \u003cbr\u003etellin; everybody 'bout his brand-new bag?\u003cbr\u003eIf your mama yelled like everybody else, \u003cbr\u003eThen let it now be told!\u003cbr\u003eLet everybody know how\u003cbr\u003eShe clapped her hands raw\u003cbr\u003eAs James flew back and forth across the stage, \u003cbr\u003eSweat and grease from his conked-up hair\u003cbr\u003ePouring down the front of his ruffled shirt, \u003cbr\u003ePurple satin jacket ripped off and tossed aside.\u003cbr\u003eLet everybody know how she stomped her feet\u003cbr\u003eWhen he grabbed that mike like a dog grabs a bone, \u003cbr\u003eFell to one knee, \u003cbr\u003eAnd begged for: \"just one more chance, \u003cbr\u003eBaby, baby please,\"\u003cbr\u003eAnd then when he fin\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Coe\u003c\/b\u003e is the winner of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Poetry Fellowship. A jazz and popular vocalist, he was born in Indianapolis, lives in the Boston area and travels widely to perform and record his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 8.36 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350594076921,"sku":"9780965457828","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Cb37QqbIL-9780965457828_3bfe8c10-71e9-4c68-80cf-b83468ab27fe.webp?v=1769787033","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/picnic-on-the-moon-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}