{"product_id":"not-for-specialists-new-and-selected-poems","title":"Not for Specialists: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eResponsible for the emergence of American confessional poetry, W. D. Snodgrass won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for his first book of poems, \u003cem\u003eHeart's Needle\u003c\/em\u003e. Mr. Snodgrass followed that astonishing work with\u003cem\u003e After Experience \u003c\/em\u003e(1967) and \u003cem\u003eThe Fuhrer Bunker\u003c\/em\u003e, published by BOA Editions in 1977. The latter was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and produced for The American Place Theatre.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSitting Outside \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These lawn chairs and the chaise lounge\u003cbr\u003e of bulky redwood were purchased for my father \u003cbr\u003e twenty years ago, then plumped down in the yard\u003cbr\u003e where he seldom went when he could still work\u003cbr\u003e and never had stayed long. His left arm\u003cbr\u003e in a sling, then lopped off, he smoked there or slept\u003cbr\u003e while the weather lasted, watched what cars passed,\u003cbr\u003e read stock reports, counted pills,\u003cbr\u003e then dozed again. I didn’t go there\u003cbr\u003e in those last weeks, sick of the delusions\u003cbr\u003e they still maintained, their talk of plans\u003cbr\u003e for some boat tour or a trip to the Bahamas\u003cbr\u003e once he’d recovered. Under our willows, \u003cbr\u003e this old set’s done well: we’ve sat with company,\u003cbr\u003e read or taken notes-although the arm rests\u003cbr\u003e get dry and splintery or wheels drop off\u003cbr\u003e so the whole frame’s weakened if it’s hauled\u003cbr\u003e across rough ground. Of course the trees, too, \u003cbr\u003e may be less than everlasting: leaves storm down, \u003cbr\u003e branches crack off, the riddled bark \u003cbr\u003e separates, then gets shed. I have a son, myself, \u003cbr\u003e with things to be looked after. I sometimes think \u003cbr\u003e since I’ve retired, sitting in the shade here \u003cbr\u003e and feeling the winds shift, I must have been filled \u003cbr\u003e with a child's dread you could catch somebody’s dying\u003cbr\u003e if you got too close. And you can’t be too sure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e © BOA Editions, Ltd 2006\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Available editions:\u003cbr\u003e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003e Cloth ISBN: 978-1-929918-76-8\u003cbr\u003e Price: $27.95\u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: April 2006\u003cbr\u003e Paperback ISBN: 978-1-929918-77-5\u003cbr\u003e Price: $21.95 \u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: April 2006\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802241157,"sku":"9781929918775","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/NOT_FOR.jpg?v=1527683308","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/not-for-specialists-new-and-selected-poems","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}