{"product_id":"elixir-paperback","title":"Elixir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanine Certo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In Janine Certo's \u003cem\u003eElixir\u003c\/em\u003e, the vivacity of the sensuous world serves also as a constant memento mori; like the Renaissance vanitas still lifes, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuch worldly pleasures shuttle us from the material to the spiritual. These are poems of luxury and joy-fried artichokes and art galleries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLimoncello and La bohème. But Certo is too smart for such comforts to exist unexamined. For glinting from the underbelly of ease is its constant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eendangerment. Death lurks behind each poem, so that the same mind that gives us hand-dipped ricotta reveals to us, as well, tender portraits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof a father's agonizing decline.'I believe in new edges, ' Certo writes. And it's true-there are constant transformations at work throughout Elixir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the one hand, beauty masks decay: 'Write until the sage \u0026amp; fir candle kills the smell \/ of the wall's rotting mouse.' On the other, though, is the more difficult, the wiser, conversion: 'The vacuum's defective, so it sings.' Thankfully, Certo has recorded for us such stunning songs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOREY VAN LANDINGHAM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Janine Certo is a poet of grief and joy who searches inward and outward to find the transcendent meaning of 'house and universe.' Hers is a rare achievement: a philosopher's intelligence at work in poems of the domestic and natural worlds. In the deeply moving pantoum 'Elixir for My Father, ' she weaves together her book's motifs: Italian American roots and family, love, life, and loss. Like idiosyncratic objects on a home altar, these poems are offerings of longing and hope. Through odes and elegies, her keen powers of observation and elegant language shine. Always, she holds onto beauty: '... this sweet\/bright life full of heartbeat\/ \u0026amp; memory.' \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARIA TERRONE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728621760819,"sku":"9781941561249","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NUtPfsY2nn9781941561249.webp?v=1784127001","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/elixir-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}