{"product_id":"9780374213497","title":"Mosses and Lichens : Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMosses and Lichens\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Devin Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection from the author of \u003ci\u003eTraveler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot days of anger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut days of mild congestion,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003einfants of inconstant sorrow,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003edays of foam in gutters,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eblossoms and snow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emingling where they fall,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea spring of cold profusion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf a rolling stone gathers no moss, the poems in Devin Johnston’s \u003ci\u003eMosses and Lichens\u003c\/i\u003e attend to what accretes over time, as well as to what erodes. They often take place in the middle of life’s journey, at the edge of the woods, at the boundary between human community and wild spaces. Following Ovid, they are poems of subtle transformation and transfer. They draw on early blues and rivers, on ironies and uncertainties, guided by enigmatic signals: “an orange blaze that marks no trail.” From image to image, they render fleeting experiences with etched precision. As Ange Mlinko has observed of Johnston's work, “Each poem holds in balance a lapidary concision and utter lushness of vowel-work,” forming a distinctive music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best poetry books of 2019 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eJohnston’s seventh book, like his previous collections, is quiet, emotionally reserved and a marvel of technical prowess . . . Johnston’s poetry is admirable as much for its classical poise as for the tremors that both undermine and bolster that poise.\" —David Orr, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Attentive to the physical world and intricately wrought, Devin Johnston’s \u003ci\u003eMosses and Lichens \u003c\/i\u003eshows a poet of fine-grained discrimination. If intentionally less lush, the play of assonance and consonance (often in iambs) is as striking yet subtle as that of Keats or Heaney.\" —Scott Bartley, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Matters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374213497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40688737353934,"sku":"9780374213497","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374213497","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}