{"product_id":"chlorophyll-poems-about-michigans-upper-peninsula-paperback","title":"Chlorophyll: Poems about Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaymond Luczak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin me on a journey to the unspoiled forests of Upper Michigan...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A long time ago young men wishing to be tall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escaled the mast of my octopus arms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand scanned the horizon of Lake Superior\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor a glimmer of Canada. Usually we were cut down ...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor many of those who've lived there, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan can seem like a magical place because nature there feels so potent and, at times, full of mystery. After having grown up there, Raymond Luczak can certainly attest to its mythical powers. In \u003cem\u003eChlorophyll\u003c\/em\u003e, he reimagines Lake Superior and its environs as well as his houseplants as a variety of imaginary and historical characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Ghosts dress in only gray and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is how they camouflage their volcanic selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lake Superior is bottled with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e You can't see them but they move like fish ...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In Raymond Luczak's \u003cem\u003eChlorophyll\u003c\/em\u003e, the devastating natural beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula is imbued with passions its reticent human inhabitants are loathe to express. Trees, lakes, and stones air their infatuations, their grudges, their mythologies and griefs. Through this forest of the otherwise unsaid, we catch glimpses of a speaker who knows there is no line to blur between 'person' and 'nature.'\" -Emily Van Kley, author of \u003cem\u003eArrhythmia \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Rust and the Cold\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spring is a girl who's cried all night\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eonly to find that morning easily forgives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe coldness of him having left her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estranded among the thicket of evergreens ...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Giving voice to the natural world, Raymond Luczak allows the rocks, trees, lakes, insects, and flowers that are part of flora and fauna of the region to speak for themselves, and they remind us that we are human, living in a more than human world.\" -William Reichard, author of \u003cem\u003eOur Delicate Barricades Downed \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Night Horse: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Upper Michigan is, indeed, a magical place of great beauty and is truly worthy of the best hymns and poetry that nature can inspire.\" -- \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaymond Luczak \u003c\/strong\u003egrew up in the Upper Peninsula. He is the author and editor of numerous titles such as \u003cem\u003eCompassion, Michigan: The Ironwood Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. His book once upon a twin: poems was chosen as a U.P. Notable Book for 2021. He resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Learn more at www.RaymondLuczak.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Modern History Press (www.ModernHistoryPress.com)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47438420050098,"sku":"9781615996421","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/623022a2c6c31a9e4c8e7e4fae35d713.webp?v=1778660849","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/chlorophyll-poems-about-michigans-upper-peninsula-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}