{"product_id":"9780811221894","title":"Oblique Prayers: Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the years, Denise Levertov's poetry has moved ever more deeply into the realm of meditation, while yet speaking with the familiar voice of \"the poet in the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eOblique Prayers\u003c\/em\u003e is arranged in four thematic sections that, taken together, work toward a mature philosophy in equal harmony with public activism and private reflection. A personal mood links the poems of “Decipherings.” In “Prisoners,\" the poet addresses the continuing horrors of our dark time: genocide, imperialism, impending nuclear holocaust––human degradation in brutal political guise. Levertov is an accomplished translator. With \"Fourteen Poems by Jean Joubert,\" she introduces English-speaking readers to a contemporary French poet whose work is remarkably akin to her own. \"Of God and of the Gods,\" the final section of the book, is informed by a transcendent lyricism that can equate in a breath \"a day of spring, a needle's eye.\"","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128343904496,"sku":"9780811221894","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811221894_p0.jpg?v=1763743261","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811221894","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}