{"product_id":"falling-to-earth","title":"Falling to Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 4th Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTom Hansen's \u003cem\u003eFalling to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e was selected by judge Molly Peacock from over 900 entries to BOA's 4th Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize contest. Peacock writes in her introduction, \" A bemused, stoop-shouldered figure who is more than a mere speaker - let's call him a protagonist - stalks the poems of Falling to Earth . With candor and an almost grandiose simplicity, Hansen describes the limitations of his middle-aged body and, in so doing, the limitations of his enterprise in mid-life: the gracelessness of survival. Falling to Earth is the journey of a vibrant soul refreshing itself poem by poem.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSystole, Diastole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e In folders in files in offices\u003cbr\u003ein the county courthouse in town\u003cbr\u003eare pieces of paper on which we have plotted\u003cbr\u003eto parcel this land among us:\u003cbr\u003eJohnston and Shepard and Pentel and Williams\u003cbr\u003e          and Gajdan and Darrow\u003cbr\u003e                    and Hansen. \u003cbr\u003eMy ranch. My timberland. Mine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeer and elk and mountain lion\u003cbr\u003eand bobcat and coyote and eagle and hawk,\u003cbr\u003e          attendant spirits, \u003cbr\u003e                    mere blood and bone,\u003cbr\u003eroam this rock-ribbed hinterland\u003cbr\u003e          bristling with ponderous pines\u003cbr\u003eor swim shifting currents above it.\u003cbr\u003eBrookies and browns and rainbows hover\u003cbr\u003ein icy streams plowing through it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd one little ember of consciousness,\u003cbr\u003e          quietly fading to ash,\u003cbr\u003eglides down deer trails and eases through fences\u003cbr\u003eand stumbles upon a crime scene or altar.\u003cbr\u003eA passionate congregation of flies\u003cbr\u003eworships a carcass of wolf with no eyes.\u003cbr\u003eA moldering log dreams itself green,\u003cbr\u003e          far out at sea and sinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©BOA Editions, Ltd 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable editions:\u003cbr\u003e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrice: $14.95\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8418408837,"sku":"9781929918751","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/file_56.jpeg?v=1527683260","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/falling-to-earth","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}