{"product_id":"hunting-down-the-monk","title":"Hunting Down the Monk","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing from her work in comparative religion and cultural anthropology, Adrie Kusserow offers a collection of portraits of Westerners in the East and Easterners in the West struggling to relearn and relive their ideas of culture, religion and God. These poems expose the human craving for the nourishment of a spiritual life. Celebrated poet Karen Swenson has written the Foreword.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat I Want\u003c\/strong\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                   \u003cem\u003e for Robert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than any other time\u003cbr\u003eI love you most \u003cbr\u003ewhen you are in the garden,\u003cbr\u003eyour body held in bowls of sun,\u003cbr\u003ethe slim throats of the iris \u003cbr\u003estretching toward you,\u003cbr\u003ethe heads of peonies bumping into you.\u003cbr\u003eThey want you.\u003cbr\u003eWe all want to be touched by you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the window I watch\u003cbr\u003eyour hands skate the soil,\u003cbr\u003esmooth the bumps.\u003cbr\u003eRed, yellow, and blue skins reach. \u003cbr\u003eListen: You are opening the earth, \u003cbr\u003ethe colors popping like parachutes.\u003cbr\u003eMy whole body leans from its hungry axis.\u003cbr\u003eI wait my turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©BOA Editions, Ltd 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable editions:  \u003cbr\u003e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003ePrice: $15.00 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8418529349,"sku":"1-929918-23-2","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/HUNTING_DOWN.jpg?v=1527683274","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/hunting-down-the-monk","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}