{"product_id":"dusty-angel","title":"Dusty Angel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe winner of the 1999 Isabella Gardner Award for Poetry, \u003cem\u003eDusty Angel \u003c\/em\u003eis the work of a poet who has been called one of the most talented of his generation. Blumenthal's themes of love, lust, longing and loss resonate throughout this collection in poems that are as remarkable for their keen social and personal observations as for their beautifully crafted language. His subject matter ranges from the fairly sensual \"Having My Way With You\" to the somber, heartfelt \"The Real,\" written for a friend mourning the loss of his wife. With perfect pitch, Blumenthal can sing in any key.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mouth\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat can the mouth do that nothing else can do?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirds frolic and sing in the trees. \u003cbr\u003eSnakes hiss in the grass. \u003cbr\u003eIf a man's mouth is not blessed, \u003cbr\u003ehe will never learn to sing, he will never \u003cbr\u003echant in a perfect breeze, in summer, \u003cbr\u003ewith someone with whom love is impossible\u003cbr\u003eand, therefore, beautiful and tender. \u003cbr\u003eWhat can the mouth do? What can it say? \u003cbr\u003eAcrobatic in the afternoons, it grows speechless\u003cbr\u003eand terrible, and doesn't know its own home:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat shall we say of the mouth?\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt travels brightly over the parks, \u003cbr\u003eit dances and frets, it covers \u003cbr\u003ethe faces of those we might have loved \u003cbr\u003eon wet, lustful afternoons, it sings \u003cbr\u003ethe happy-sad song of the tongue\u003cbr\u003eand why shouldn't it? Kisses, too, \u003cbr\u003efly from the mouth. Mine \u003cbr\u003ehave flown, eagerly, to you. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat can the mouth do?\u003c\/em\u003e you ask \u003cbr\u003eLet me tell you: the mouth \u003cbr\u003ecan deliver a kiss, \u003cbr\u003ethe mouth can learn to say good-bye.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802131205,"sku":"1-880238-81-0","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":8418328837,"sku":"1-880238-80-2","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/DUSTY_ANGEL.jpg?v=1527683214","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/dusty-angel","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}