{"product_id":"the-rose-poems-paperback","title":"The Rose: Poems - 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\u003eAriana Reines\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning poet Ariana Reines navigates the intersection of power and surrender. \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the history of \"romance\" as the troubadours knew it and the titular flower's ancient allegories for sexuality and mystery, Reines plunges into feminine archetypes to explore masculine pain: \"I have always liked helpless \/ \u0026amp; terrible men because they break my mind.\" In these poems, inherited ideologies of gender performance are replaced with bold vulnerability: paradoxes of power and surrender transmute the speaker's understanding of suffering, desire, and the soul. \u003cbr\u003eThe voice in \u003ci\u003eThe Rose\u003c\/i\u003e is wry and bare, approaching the connection between erotic love and spirituality with humor. Investigating war, maternity, violent sensuality, and the role of language in magical acts, Reines is unafraid to uncover the \"secret \/ \u0026amp; terrible shovelings \/ Of love,\" and the result is a bloody and pulsing, sexy and unabashed bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAriana Reines is an award-winning poet, playwright, and performing artist from Salem, Massachusetts. Her books include \u003ci\u003eA Sand Book\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Her play \u003ci\u003eTelephone\u003c\/i\u003e won two Obies and has been performed internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353344950521,"sku":"9781644453346","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/z0fuwEvwNc9781644453346.webp?v=1769824559","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-rose-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}