{"product_id":"flight-of-honey-paperback","title":"Flight of Honey - 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\u003eDianne Borsenik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In poet Dianne Borsenik's new book \u003cem\u003eFlight of Honey, \u003c\/em\u003e the sounds of music, homages to visual art, maps of family \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egeography, interactions with nature, and married life and related concerns, combine in a poetry collection that is as \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esatisfying, fluid, and sticky as the titular sweetener. If ever a writer deserved to be Poet Laureate of Ohio, it would be \u003c\/p\u003eDianne Borsenik.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Gregg Shapiro, author of \u003cem\u003eRefrain in Light\u003c\/em\u003e (Souvenir Spoon Press, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Borsenik's new collection of poems is a lyrical journey through a year of experiences that mirror the changing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseasons. In free verse poems, haiku, and haibun, Borsenik explores the tensions of life's highs and lows. One moment \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe can relish a \"golden weekend\" with days like honey, \"richly aureate,\" and the next, we hunker down, struggle \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eamid the booms and busts of history. Through it all, there is plenty of music, a soundtrack in language and in images-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom a grandfather strumming a dulcimer somewhere in a West Virginia hollow to Aretha Franklin belting out \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher classic \"Respect,\" to the music of the universe, \"one giant composition plucked out \/ on a cosmic guitar.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Chuck Salmons, author of \u003cem\u003ePatch Job\u003c\/em\u003e (Night Ballet Press, 2017) and \u003cem\u003eStargazer Suite \u003c\/em\u003e(11thour Press, 2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this sweet collection, spiked with the poet's desire to live longer than her mother did (\"genetic advantage\/is not in my \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echarts,\") we have zany moments where Jesus roams the Wal-mart parking lot, sixties lyrics zing, and birds and feral cats\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escreech in Midwest intersections. But the poems revel also in serious seasons of honey tasting, including the latter days, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"the best of all,\" as Borsenik fills her hive with finely realized echo puns, ekphrasis, haiku, haibun, and many free-verse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eform explorations. We usually say this about fiction, but I have to say about this book of poems: I couldn't put it down.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Diane Kendig, author of \u003cem\u003eWoman With a Fan: On Maria Blanchard\u003c\/em\u003e (Shanti Arts, 2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For something so sweet, honey has a surprising depth of flavor, secret floral notes buried under waves of fructose and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eglucose. Similarly, the poetry of Dianne Borsenik will surprise you if you let it. There is joy and tranquility here that sometimes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebubbles with mad effervescence, but also darker currents as she explores rustbelt landscapes, the Appalachian diaspora, the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edaughter-of-a-daughter-inlaw's blues, and her own mortality. Like the \"flight of honey\" in her title poem, she follows the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseasons, tasting deep and mixing poetic forms to find her buried treasures. You will find haibun, ekphrastic poems, words \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the wings of an uknown bird, and Jesus traipsing into Walmart. Much to loveand wonder over!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -R. C. Wilson, editor\/publisher of Last Exit Press, curator of Last Exit Open Poetry Readings in Kent, OH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What life-affirming music is to be found in these meditations that travel from \"a glass of ice cubes\" all the way to \"the solar lux.\" The \u003cem\u003eFlight of Honey \u003c\/em\u003eis graced by jays and bees, by the sweet honey of breath, \"look at how the bodies touch\" this book asks and hands us the spirit that rises on wings with each blessed passing day.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Sean Thomas Dougherty, \u003cem\u003eDeath Prefers the Minor Keys\u003c\/em\u003e (BOA Editions, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52727097655603,"sku":"9781958182390","price":28.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bkNKVFhsc3QxL3NFaHhCRzNIeEhwUT09.webp?v=1763751766","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/flight-of-honey-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}