{"product_id":"9780981973173","title":"Questions Of Fire","description":"Questions of Fire is a poet's response to the complex 21st century environment, from work to home to war, in an age dawning with violence. This book offers not quick solutions to dilemmas, but discoveries won through experience, and illuminating observations of contemporary life. \u003cp\u003eMeditation on Washington D.C. in April 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the war, winter thawed in a rapid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof hot and cold days, disarming us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith a tempest of wind, lull, and rain:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalking to work in a wetness of caves,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etalking of war in flash fountains of sun,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egreens filled the trees like so many birds;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebirds will perch soon like so many buds;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey will sing the ever-fresh song. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne way we understand poetry is by what is left with us-an aftermath-I cannot get these poems out of my mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace Cavalieri, poet and radio host of The Poet and the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoem from The Library of Congress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gregg Mosson is a unique nature poet as well as antiwar beacon and poetry activist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntler, wilderness poet and author of Factory \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne cannot help but follow, poem after poem, as Mosson takes on the personal responsibility of bearing witness. Truly, \"solidarity\" is what one feels then - the unflinching presence of a poet attendant to human experience, who asks the questions first of himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMadeleine Mysko, faculty at Johns Hopkins University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand author of Bringing Vincent Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plain View Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49792035750128,"sku":"9780981973173","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780981973173","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}