{"product_id":"walking-dog","title":"Walking the Dog's Shadow","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalking the Dog’s Shadow \u003c\/em\u003erose to the top of nearly 800 submissions to win the 9th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Tony Hoagland, who served as final judge for the contest, writes, “Deborah Brown's poems remind me a little of the great Polish poet, Wislawa Szymborska. They both make thinking look easy…Brown's poems aren't just about a eureka moment; they taste of the whole journey. \u003cem\u003eWalking the Dog's Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful book, wise and sure of itself, fresh with wit and gravity, serious and true.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\"Listen\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe waning moon is sharp at both ends,\u003cbr\u003eit hurts your heart coming and going.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStars lie to each other, that’s why they\u003cbr\u003eflicker. We tell stories, try to love,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003etry to make sense and end up on a swing\u003cbr\u003ekicking the air out from under ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the centrifuge, news of other particles:\u003cbr\u003eatoms, cars parked in a blizzard within earshot,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eunreachable. The last story you sent me burned\u003cbr\u003ethe motherboard until it smoked. Language is a fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eextinguisher on the ropes of the familiar.\u003cbr\u003eWe sink into the circles of hell’s dialect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the rooftop,\u003cbr\u003eone of our stars shouts instructions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e© BOA Editions, 2011.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8420128005,"sku":"9781934414477","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/file_1_4.jpeg?v=1527683778","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/walking-dog","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}