{"product_id":"9780814340240","title":"Until the Full Moon Has Its Say","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eUntil the Full Moon Has Its Say\u003c\/i\u003e were inspired by the loss of poet Conrad Hilberry’s wife of fifty-six years, Marion. While the poems in this volume delve into the initial emptiness and hopelessness of grieving, the poet’s connections to the natural world, music, and other people ultimately bring him back into the present while still acknowledging and honoring the past. The work of a skilled poet with a lifetime of experience, this collection displays Hilberry’s mastery of form. The book’s three sections include a sonnet, five villanelles, and a variety of stanza structures, all written in his signature tone, which is contemplative, tender, and moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe elegant poems of \u003ci\u003eUntil the Full Moon Has Its Say\u003c\/i\u003e arise from the consideration of ordinary, even humble, subjects—a bowl on a table, a blackout, mosquitoes, garlic mustard, algae on the local pond. Hilberry’s relaxed voice is wise and measured even in the depths of grief, as he muses, \"How can I draw dead branches \/ in a poem?\" Part of the answer to that question lies in the use of form, which gives shape to experience. In his formal virtuosity, Hilberry even writes a villanelle—a notoriously difficult poetic form—about writing a villanelle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by the poet in his eighties, \u003ci\u003eUntil the Full Moon Has Its Say\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful reflection on mortality and on the art that has been his lifelong practice. All readers of poetry will treasure this powerful volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wayne State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026596053232,"sku":"9780814340240","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780814340240_p0.jpg?v=1763743172","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780814340240","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}