{"product_id":"9781555979362","title":"May Day: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e                            You arrive at my altar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e             with no idea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat it means to worship--to adore.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e            You haven't even learned it:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eecstasy and suffering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e            make the same face.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--from \"The Offering\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay Day\u003c\/i\u003e is both a distress call and a celebration of the arrival of spring. In this rich and unusually assured first collection, the poet Gretchen Marquette writes of the losses of a brother gone off to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a great love--losses that have left the world charged with absence and grief. But there is also the wonder of the natural world: the deer at the edge of the forest, the dog reliably coaxing the poet beyond herself and into the city park where by tradition every May Day is pageantry, a festival of surviving the long winter. \"What does it mean to be in love?\" one poem asks. \"As it turns out, \/ the second best thing that can happen to you \/ is a broken heart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay Day\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to a new poet of depth and power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128331321584,"sku":"9781555979362","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555979362_p0.jpg?v=1763754869","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555979362","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}