{"product_id":"9781680031485","title":"Ephemera","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEphemera\u003c\/i\u003e, winged creatures elegize and celebrate the beauty of evanescence simultaneously. The poems speak to the ambivalence of coming of age beset by the daily trials of chronic illness as viewed through the lens of femininity and love in the confessional tradition.\u003cp\u003eOdysseus\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Difficult to divine how you arrived,\u003cbr\u003e not water-doused or mail-slotted to me,\u003cbr\u003e but whole in your stone-centered gaze, almost\u003cbr\u003e tired out by your ninety days under stars.\u003cbr\u003e Satisfied by none, you chose me to be\u003cbr\u003e your canary, waiting, green with hope for\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e your return. Coming home from the back-woods,\u003cbr\u003e you made me into your mooring, fashioned\u003cbr\u003e yourself into a pilgrim to my bed’s\u003cbr\u003e unmade shrine. I’ll make a Ulysses out\u003cbr\u003e of you yet. Yes, the butterfly kind, blue\u003cbr\u003e body mild as the Aegean, crushing.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e I will weave our dreams together: never\u003cbr\u003e go back to sea without me as your mate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018750902512,"sku":"9781680031485","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781680031485_p0.jpg?v=1763689171","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781680031485","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}