{"product_id":"9781480850491","title":"Castles and Tents: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2001, poet Anselm Hollo wrote, “With humor, tenderness, and surprising candor, Roxie Powell ventures into rarely visited territory to an ever-questioning mind.” In his newest collection, Roxie keeps questioning, this time considering the connection between love and pain—and how one can rarely exist without the other.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Letters Like Lettuce Gone Soggy with Pain\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOne realizes that each life\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eis a slippery vessel which glides\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ethrough pain until it reaches\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003esome shore.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAt which time tents are erected,\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003esometimes castles,\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eand for some moments, all is fine.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Old letters remind one\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ethat life will have its way,\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eneither your castle nor your tent\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eare sufficient to protect you,\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOnly love has a chance.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e This book pulls together a wide variety of Powell’s poetry, the majority of which has never been published before. Most were written over the past twenty-five years, with the exception of a handful, which were written this year, such as “Kansas Soliloquy” and “Turkestan.” For Powell, the journey of life is illuminated by love, and emotional pain is native to the process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archway Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144510750960,"sku":"9781480850491","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480850491_p0.jpg?v=1763621164","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480850491","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}