{"product_id":"the-blue-door-by-s-m-foran","title":"the blue door, by s. m. foran","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003ethe blue door\u003c\/em\u003e display a perceptive awareness of both the simple and the sacred aspects of the countryside. From small gardens to the wild woodlands, the poet takes pleasure in the most modest inhabitants of the natural world but chooses to capture them in moments of profound reflection that reveal a philosophic appreciation for the places in which we live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003es. m. foran has a Master of Arts in English and a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and has been teaching literature and creative writing for almost thirty years. He currently works at Montreat College in North Carolina and lives in Black Mountain with his wife and two sons. He has had poems and short stories appear in a wide variety of literary publications, including \u003cem\u003eCarmina Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArboreal Literary Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEuphony Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMetonym\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBetween\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePortfolio North\u003c\/em\u003e, and is also the author of a collection of poems, \u003cem\u003erecently wise\u003c\/em\u003e, and a collection of short stories, \u003cem\u003eBite of the Bacchae and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. His most recent collection, \u003cem\u003ea reader’s miscellany\u003c\/em\u003e, was published with Bottlecap Press in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543305601202,"sku":"_BLUESMF","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543305633970,"sku":"_BLUESMFe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/doorfront.png?v=1780355300","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-blue-door-by-s-m-foran","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}