{"product_id":"9780615171807","title":"POP SMOKE and PRAY","description":"Frank Barry Smith, now retired and living in Washington state, served as a combat medic in the Vietnam war. This collection of poetry--written mostly while in Vietnam--chronicles first and foremost the friendships made and lost during war time. \"I have made friends and lost them \/ in ways more quickly than some \/ but less than others...\" Smith writes in \"THE MIDDLE,\" ironically the book's final poem. POP SMOKE \u0026amp; PRAY is a book of memory, a book of fear, a book of observation, a book of confusion and youth and a time that seemed to go at lightspeed while the long days still dragged into even longer nights; but, most importantly, POP SMOKE \u0026amp; PRAY is a book about love and its ability to remain and be found in the worst situations. Frank Barry Smith studied poetry under Philip Levine, Robert Mezey, and John Logan.","brand":"Logan Ryan Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49769445556464,"sku":"9780615171807","price":5.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615171807_p0.jpg?v=1779910791","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615171807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}