{"product_id":"9780061173844","title":"A Worldly Country : New Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Worldly Country\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John Ashbery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrill of a Romance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's different when you have hiccups. \u003cbr\u003eEverything is—so many glad hands competing \u003cbr\u003efor your attention, a scarf, a puff of soot, \u003cbr\u003eor just a blast of silence from a radio. \u003cbr\u003eWhat is it? That's for you to learn \u003cbr\u003eto your dismay when, at the end of a long queue \u003cbr\u003ein the cafeteria, tray in hand, they tell you the gate closed down \u003cbr\u003eafter the Second World War. Syracuse was declared capital \u003cbr\u003eof a nation in malaise, but the directorate \u003cbr\u003ehad other, hidden goals. To proclaim logic \u003cbr\u003ea casualty of truth was one. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone's solitude (and resulting promiscuity) \u003cbr\u003eperfumed the byways of villages we had thought civilized. \u003cbr\u003eI saw you waiting for a streetcar and pressed forward. \u003cbr\u003eAlas, you were only a child in armor. Now when ribald toasts \u003cbr\u003esail round a table too fair laid out, why the consequences \u003cbr\u003eare only dust, disease and old age. Pleasant memories \u003cbr\u003eare just that. So I channel whatever \u003cbr\u003einto my contingency, a vein of mercury \u003cbr\u003ethat keeps breaking out, higher up, more on time \u003cbr\u003eevery time. Dirndls spotted with obsolete flowers, \u003cbr\u003eworn in the city again, promote open discussion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“With this latest collection, A Worldly Country, the prolific author continues to cement his place in the canon.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061173844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41042243879118,"sku":"9780061173844","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061173844.jpg?v=1647915882","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061173844","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}