{"product_id":"greenhouses-lighthouses","title":"Greenhouses, Lighthouses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Perplexity and wonder are integral parts of Tung-Hui Hu's poetry, which is as elegant as it is surprising.\"--\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This fresh and unexpected poet extends the lyric into the social space without losing any of song's intensity or mystery.\"--Mark Doty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tung-Hui Hu works magic on the page.\"--Linda Gregerson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving between the personal and cosmic I, Tung-Hui Hu's lyrics seek the \"greenhouse\"--a place of saturation, growth--as a poetic space to cultivate new modes through which our common language can once again illuminate and guide--\"lighthouse.\" With minimalism and control, \u003ci\u003eGreenhouses, Lighthouses\u003c\/i\u003e draws subtly from photography, cinematography, and history to create haunting and memorable connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom \"Cosmos Revealed behind a Dense Curtain of Poppies\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreenhouses, Lighthouses. The first\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eastronomers tended on hands and knees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe soil of the universe, smoothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eaway moss, seeding by night.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow our galaxy has the sixfold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003esymmetry of ornament on the tower of Alhambra, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eshoots curled from stem looping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eheaven and earth together. Trace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecurlicues and rosettes with your finger.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe chamber sealed off to mortals but\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eopen above, like a poppy. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTung-Hui Hu\u003c\/b\u003e, author of three books of poetry, earned his MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and a PhD in film from University of California Berkeley. He teaches at the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tung-Hui Hu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44816589422634,"sku":"9781556594069","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/greenhouses-lighthouses-6348757.jpg?v=1789040408","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/greenhouses-lighthouses","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}