{"product_id":"at-the-hour-of-the-eclipse","title":"At the Hour of the Eclipse","description":"\u003cp\u003eReading Anatomy of the Eclipse feels revelatory-like deciphering coded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emessages smuggled across enemy lines off ering sustenance to those\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunder siege. Ellen Hinsey gives voice to the duality of silence, both its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epower and its danger, a foreboding hush before, and a shrouding veil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter political violence, genocide and territorial confl icts. Oracular and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoblique, the poems tease us to the limits of thought, making us feel the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evastness on the other side of all we don't know about ourselves and our\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld. With elegant precision and a sweeping narrative arc irrevocably\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elinking past with present and future, Hinsey's poems invite us to bear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewitness alongside her, to listen and observe: \"Is there a witness for this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edaybreak that drags forward\/ its incurable news?\" Rich in aural refrains, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe poems create a soundscape in which mankind's \"vast\/ Archive of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eterror\" echoes across time and space, quickening something in us, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esomething prior and utterly secure, an aspect of being unintimidated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby the portents of darkness descending. We've been here before, too\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoften. Acknowledging that \"the predatory Past circles back,\" we may better\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epursue a future supported by the ancient virtues of dignity, patience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand endurance: \"For like the eternal\/ plague seasons: the trial of its fever hour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etoo shall pass.\" By forcing us to slow down and let the mind linger, her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoems brace, embrace. and fortify.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amira El-Zein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44835469295658,"sku":"9798990405097","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/at-the-hour-of-the-eclipse-5217195.jpg?v=1789525526","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/at-the-hour-of-the-eclipse","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}