{"product_id":"questions-of-fire-paperback","title":"Questions of Fire - 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\u003eGreg Mosson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions of Fire is a poet's response to the complex 21st century environment, from work to home to war, in an age dawning with violence. This book offers not quick solutions to dilemmas, but discoveries won through experience, and illuminating observations of contemporary life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meditation on Washington D.C. in April 2003 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the war, winter thawed in a rapid\u003cbr\u003e of hot and cold days, disarming us\u003cbr\u003e with a tempest of wind, lull, and rain: \u003cbr\u003e Walking to work in a wetness of caves, \u003cbr\u003e talking of war in flash fountains of sun, \u003cbr\u003e greens filled the trees like so many birds;\u003cbr\u003e birds will perch soon like so many buds;\u003cbr\u003e they will sing the ever-fresh song. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One way we understand poetry is by what is left with us-an aftermath-I cannot get these poems out of my mind.\u003cbr\u003e Grace Cavalieri, poet and radio host of The Poet and the \u003cbr\u003e Poem from The Library of Congress\u003cbr\u003e Gregg Mosson is a unique nature poet as well as antiwar beacon and poetry activist.\u003cbr\u003e Antler, wilderness poet and author of Factory \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One cannot help but follow, poem after poem, as Mosson takes on the personal responsibility of bearing witness. Truly, \"solidarity\" is what one feels then - the unflinching presence of a poet attendant to human experience, who asks the questions first of himself.\u003cbr\u003e Madeleine Mysko, faculty at Johns Hopkins University \u003cbr\u003e and author of Bringing Vincent Home\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353346130169,"sku":"9780981973173","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/pYp0CHQzX39780981973173.webp?v=1769824562","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/questions-of-fire-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}