{"product_id":"9781927428610","title":"Glad and Sorry Seasons","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second full-length collection from sonneteer and formalist poet Catherine Chandler, \u003ci\u003eGlad and Sorry Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e brings together new suites of poems—on grief, recovery, the deadly sins, and the virtues of faith, hope, and love—to meditate on those polarities of light and dark, joy and sorrow, that illuminate and cloud our lives by turn. With subjects ranging from Alzheimer’s to Edward Hopper’s Automat, in handsomely crafted stanzas and metres, and including translations from Québecois and Latin American poets, \u003ci\u003eGlad and Sorry Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning and learned offering from a poet unmistakably committed to form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWaiting\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFor the man in the Intensive Care Unit waiting room,\u003cbr\u003eHôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, June 2012\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome nights I’ve seen a slice of silver slink across this room\u003cbr\u003eI now call home,\u003cbr\u003eabove my makeshift bed—a rickety chair beside the snack machine.\u003cbr\u003eClose by, the elevators whirr and beep.\u003cbr\u003eI cannot, dare not, drift asleep,\u003cbr\u003elet down my guard,\u003cbr\u003einviting shoulder taps, a whispered \u003ci\u003eSir\u003c\/i\u003e ,\u003cbr\u003e• r dreams of her once-vivid eyes that stare \u0026amp; stare \u0026amp; stare,\u003cbr\u003edull, distant, hard.\u003cbr\u003eThus I will will her through another day.\u003cbr\u003eMake crazy compromises. Pray.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050882875632,"sku":"9781927428610","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927428610_p0.jpg?v=1763636670","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927428610","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}