{"product_id":"darling-vulgarity","title":"Darling Vulgarity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, the 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Poetry Category\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarling Vulgarity\u003c\/em\u003e showcases Michael Waters' long-standing aesthetic talent - the vivid and sensual poem. Like Whitman, Waters challenges us to embrace humanity's imperfections while, at the same time, urging us toward new spiritual realities. Riding the confluence of idea and metaphor, these poems maintain their psychological intensity as they evoke sharp memories and the dynamics of emotional aftermath. Floyd Collins writes in \u003cem\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \"[Waters'] language is uncompromisingly sensual. Few poets of his generation pursue with such unstinting ardor a conflation of narrative and lyric techniques.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSigned copies available in limited quantities\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBalthus \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the angel arrived, bare-breasted, androgynous,\u003cbr\u003eits lower half sheathed in tulle \u003cbr\u003ebluer than the plums in ceramic bowls propped on stools, \u003cbr\u003ethe vetch in the studio revived; colors assumed blunt authority;\u003cbr\u003eeven yellow became heavy. Bells\u003cbr\u003etolled from tinny speakers: Mozart striking precise notes\u003cbr\u003ewith an almost disarming\u003cbr\u003esimplicity, their grace and gravity suggesting\u003cbr\u003ethe long marriage of pleasure \u003cbr\u003eand sorrow. \u003cem\u003eCosi fan tutte\u003c\/em\u003e. I named the angel \u003cbr\u003eKatia, thus assigning\u003cbr\u003egender. Now each brushstroke resonates with tumescence. \u003cbr\u003eBlack mirror, red table, moth, \u003cbr\u003ewhite skirt. \u003cem\u003eNude in Front of a Mantel\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eGirl on Her Knees\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eSprawled on a chair, Katia \u003cbr\u003epretends to read a volume of sonnets by Rilke.\u003cbr\u003eI pencil in my journal: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo assume God's face, to ponder what He incarnates:\u003cbr\u003elandscape, young girls' flesh, newly \u003cbr\u003eripe spring fruits, trees full of sap, the sweetness of sleeping \u003cbr\u003echildren\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cem\u003e I know that this work--\u003cbr\u003ea painter's required labor-- always means redemption\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eWhen I look up, the angel \u003cbr\u003ehas fallen asleep, but the plums, those black plums bursting\u003cbr\u003eflecked skins, have been devoured.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrice: $15.50 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd 2006\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":8419542341,"sku":"978-1-929918-85-0-1","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback (Signed)","offer_id":12462872789073,"sku":"978-1-929918-85-0-2","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/DARLING_VULGARITY.jpg?v=1527683206","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/darling-vulgarity","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}