{"product_id":"smitten-with-the-written","title":"Smitten with the Written","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis anthology isn't a polished how-to guide-no \u003cem\u003eRecipe for a New Poem\u003c\/em\u003e, no universal \u003cem\u003eIngredients for Writing a Poem\u003c\/em\u003e. Instead, this collection explores the real, messy interior of the intimate and unruly relationship between the poet and the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e63 distinct voices gather-sometimes addressing \u003cem\u003eDear Reader\u003c\/em\u003e, sometimes insisting \u003cem\u003eRead Me\u003c\/em\u003e, sometimes turning inward to the act of writing itself-tracing the tension between what a poet tries to say and what a poem wants to become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith lyrical insight, introspective musings, and striking honesty, these poems move from \u003cem\u003eWriting in the Margins\u003c\/em\u003e into drafts, detours, and dead ends. They take on \u003cem\u003eThings I've Googled in the Name of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, confront the private \u003cem\u003eDeath of a Poet\u003c\/em\u003e, and hold fast to the stubborn insistence that one is \u003cem\u003eStill a Poet in the Afterlife.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this collection confess, resist, unravel, and rebuild-questioning form (\u003cem\u003eNot a Run-On\u003c\/em\u003e), mourning what's been lost (\u003cem\u003eAn Elegy for the Adverb\u003c\/em\u003e), returning to the familiar (\u003cem\u003eYes\u003c\/em\u003e, t\u003cem\u003ehe Poets Are Writing About the Moon Again\u003c\/em\u003e), and celebrating what persists: the impulse to create meaning one word after another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes poems from Isabelle Correa, Jillian Stacia, Bridget Kriner, Tammy C. Greenwood, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcana Poetry Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44468685471786,"sku":"9781968451103","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/imageloader_371d7a2a-05d2-4c66-8ce4-209bb95640b7.jpg?v=1781463106","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/smitten-with-the-written","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}