{"product_id":"these-upraised-hands","title":"These Upraised Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing from diaries, letters, memoirs, and personal encounters, Patrick's poems and poetic narratives tell the intricate, painful and loving stories of people who once lived and those who now live on the North American continent. This book once again reveals Patrick's storytelling ability, a talent that earned him The 1990 Great Lakes New Writers award for his mixed-genre poetry narrative\u003cem\u003e Roxa: Voices of the Culver Family\u003c\/em\u003e. In a similar fashion, the poems in this collection are both historical and contemporary, moving through various dramatic situations—from a boy losing teeth in a hockey game to a father losing a son in an ocean's coral reef.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e7\u003c\/strong\u003e (excerpt from\u003cem\u003e Stories. Real Ones.\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I remember\u003cbr\u003e   it rained straight\u003cbr\u003e     for a week\u003cbr\u003e       and our crowned road\u003cbr\u003e         that wound up\u003cbr\u003e           from our picturesque trout stream\u003cbr\u003e             collapsed\u003cbr\u003e               that narrow summer\u003cbr\u003e                 just before she bailed out\u003cbr\u003e                   A log\u003cbr\u003e                     rammed our bridge\u003cbr\u003e                       that time\u003cbr\u003e                         and split a beam\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e                             The last morning\u003cbr\u003e                                I thought\u003cbr\u003e                                  mourning doves were waking me\u003cbr\u003e                                    It was her\u003cbr\u003e                                      crying\u003cbr\u003e                                        She had squeezed\u003cbr\u003e                                          three drops of Krazy Glue\u003cbr\u003e                                            on her ass\u003cbr\u003e                                              and then backed\u003cbr\u003e                                                over against me\u003cbr\u003e                                                  as I slept\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003cem\u003e                          Three drops\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                      she said\u003cbr\u003e                                                     \u003cem\u003e   one for each\u003cbr\u003e                                                          unforgettable\u003cbr\u003e                                                            year \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e © BOA Editions, Ltd 1995\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Available editions: \u003cbr\u003e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e Cloth ISBN: 1-880238-26-8\u003cbr\u003e Price: $20.00 \u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: January 1995\u003cbr\u003e Paperback ISBN: 1-880238-27-6\u003cbr\u003e Price: $12.50 \u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: January 1995\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9832261893,"sku":"1880238276","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":40608647708843,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/THESE_UPRAISED.jpg?v=1527683634","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/these-upraised-hands","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}