{"title":"Anthony Piccione","description":"Anthony Piccione was the author of four collections of poetry from BOA: \u003cem\u003eThe Guests at the Gate\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eFor the Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), \u003cem\u003eSeeing It Was So\u003c\/em\u003e (1986), and \u003cem\u003eAnchor Dragging\u003c\/em\u003e (1978), chosen by Archibald MacLeish for BOA's A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series. Piccione founded Upright Hall, a residence retreat for poets on his farm in the hills near Prattsburgh, NY, and was one of the first poets to support the Poets For Peace readings organized by poet Larry Jaffe. He was Professor Emeritus of English and creative writing at the State University of New York College at Brockport, and died in 2001.","products":[{"product_id":"for-the-kingdom","title":"For the Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Pablo Neruda, Robert Bly and James Wright, Anthony Piccione writes rich, imagistic poems that jar the reader with their brilliant simplicity. Piccione is less concerned with public imagery and more with the human psyche, with how the unconscious can surface and lead us to discoveries in language that sustain us. Many of the poems find passage through the woods and fields surrounding the author's cabin in rural Prattsburgh, New York, near Keuka Lake. The book's lead poem begins, \"It's time to start feeling our way again. We \/ can call each thing its own sweet secret desire.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmall Wind Prayer \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat's holy, then, sudden laughing\u003cbr\u003eor the good sneeze?  It all depends,\u003cbr\u003esome say, on who disappears,\u003cbr\u003eand who hangs back!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802173957,"sku":"1-880238-23-3","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":8418452549,"sku":"1-880238-22-5","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/files\/FortheKingdom.jpg?v=1784817665"},{"product_id":"seeing-it-was-so","title":"Seeing It Was So","description":"\u003ch4\u003eAvailable in limited quantity\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany poets use what we could call public imagery—city lots, wrecked cars, broken people—and so elaborate the common world. A few poets write brief, elusive brush-stroke poems—from inside—that public people cannot follow. Anthony Riccione decided to take the second road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a first edition, first printing. Book Condition: Fine. This copy has been archived at BOA Editions, Ltd., since its publication. Unread. Ideal collector's copy. Actual cover design may vary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 1986. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":9802355973,"sku":"9780918526519","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/SEEING_IT_WAS_SO.jpg?v=1527683340"},{"product_id":"the-guests-at-the-gate","title":"The Guests at the Gate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tAnthony Piccione’s poetry is deep imagery at its best and most richly developed. Readers of Robert Bly and James Wright will find and appreciate in Piccione that recognizable voice of everyperson asking the most essential questions, making the most pertinent observations of the human heart in the here and now. Lovers of Chinese poetry will appreciate a modern descendent who, like Li Po, can share a cup of wine with the moon. Robert Bly has written the Introduction to \u003cem\u003eThe Guests at the Gate\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong\u003eFor The One To Come\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tThe infant's delicate forehead a beacon of promise,\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\this perfect human face, all that we are\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tdepends on him, his stare from the other world, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\this great, unblinking eyes so new to earth. T\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\the miraculous one keeps rising among us. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tNow do we turn, and rush to prepare the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t© BOA Editions, Ltd 2002\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tAvailable editions: \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tPaperback ISBN: 1-929918-26-7 \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tPrice: $13.95\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tPublishing Date: July 2002\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8419130629,"sku":"1-929918-26-7","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/THE_GUESTS_AT.jpg?v=1527683372"},{"product_id":"anchor-dragging-poems","title":"Anchor Dragging","description":"\u003ch4\u003eAvailable in limited quantity \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a first edition, first printing. Soft cover. Rare. Book Condition: Fine. This copy has been archived at BOA Editions, Ltd. since its publication. Unread. Ideal collector's copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise for the collection\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I can give you a sense of Tony PiccIone in 18 words of his own: ‘The belly stirs, all its frogs start awake. I have always loved this creature, this body of grunts.’ He calls it ‘Late Night, World of Croaks’ which is fair enough except that it changes the subject. The subject is that strange companion of the journey whom we never get to know because he is too near and who never seems quite to recognize us no matter how close we sometimes are.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Archibald MacLeish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8419790725,"sku":"0-918526-11-6","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/file_180.jpeg?v=1527683169"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/84.1274120553.jpeg?v=1449014575","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/anthony-piccione.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}