{"product_id":"just-a-trace-of-moon-paperback","title":"Just a Trace of Moon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Fontenot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Fontenot's fourth book of poems continues the fine balance of \"things both practical and sublime\" that he developed with subtlety and flare in his previous book, In a Kingdom of Birds-poems that explore the personal as well as the grander themes of life, with music presiding. \"The songs of my time insist we listen attentively. \/ Take Fleetwood Mac. They incite, almost all melody, \/ which is the pie's filling, the alcohol in a mixed \/ drink.\" Images of childhood (gathering eggs, his grandfather's tractor, butchering a hog) and wildlife (hummingbirds, hyenas, lions, snakes) share meditations with figures encountered during a learned life-Beethoven, Goethe, Shakespeare, Mahler, Brahms, Bruckner, Buddha, Whitman, Melville, Aristotle. \"Mostly, \/ though, I would have wanted Boccherini's dates: \/ 1743-1805. Was it a great time to be alive? \/ Of course, the music itself seems to say so.\" And throughout-he weighs and balances a lifetime of choices. \"I wanted to have a distinct plan, yet it changed \/ as I changed. Even the pines were insightful. \/ And the cows returned to the barn in their slow way.\" Poets on Ken Fontenot's In a Kingdom of Birds \"Fontenot's keen observation and original intelligence make his poetry well worth reading and a joy to examine ... southern regionalism combines with cosmopolitan sensitivity.\"-Harry de la Houssaye, Xavier Review \"For Fontenot, the act of reading is one such expression of that desire: 'Readers, after all, view the world most passionately-- \/ as if their own lives were at stake.' And this stellar collection of Fontenot's mature years fully persuades, by its metaphorical and imagistic thinking, that our own lives are truly at stake.-\"-Kurt Heinzelman, Borderlands \"Any reader's way of looking at and comprehending the world will be vastly expanded and improved by Fontenot's fresh and thought-provoking poems.\"-Dave Oliphant, Southwestern American Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\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 March 12, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418185744562,"sku":"9781936671311","price":23.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/39fa23a5bc683954bfa6e72392504dc9.webp?v=1778445406","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/just-a-trace-of-moon-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}