{"product_id":"guns-taste-bad-hardcover-1","title":"Guns Taste Bad - Hardcover","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\u003eLandon Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMango Jane Publishing is proud to present \u003cem\u003eGuns Taste Bad \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby an emerging American Poet, Landon Chapman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis poem \u003cem\u003eOdysseus\u003c\/em\u003e was selected by FALL LINES publication by the JASPER PROJECT in Columbia, South Carolina, which is also featured inside the pages of \u003cem\u003eGuns Taste Bad.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuns Taste Bad, \u003c\/em\u003e by Landon Chapman, begs us to stop scrolling and instead to contemplate a world where there seems to be no room left for poetry; a world filled with misinformation, political polarization and environmental strife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis poetry pierces the truth, disarms the reader and demands attention. It simultaneously offers up a becalmed place in the heart, filled with sad accordion music and understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGuns Taste Bad\u003c\/em\u003e, Chapman gives us three segments of poetry. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Guns\u003c\/strong\u003e\" starts off with a bang by exploring what it means to be male in a post masculine society. In \u003cstrong\u003e\"Taste\"\u003c\/strong\u003e he delves into an observation of mental and emotional processes. Finally in \u003cstrong\u003e\"Bad,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapman examines estrangement in the postmodern experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe read for adventure and fancy, we read because we feel the burden of life weighing us down. We read poetry because it helps to share that burden and carry that weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStop scrolling to fill the void, instead take a bite, read \u003cem\u003eGuns Taste Bad, \u003c\/em\u003e today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt from \u003cem\u003eGuns Taste Bad: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGUNS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLocked in the cabinet with all of the guns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDo all sons kill their fathers or all fathers kill their sons?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI can feel the vibrations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI can hear the drill I've locked myself\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTASTE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuns taste bad, but people still eat them, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ein the pursuit of happiness and more often\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efreedom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBAD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSing into my skull\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhistle past my ears\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTell me again how to lie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe a semblance of true\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecause this gun is for hire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eGuns Taste Bad: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Flashes of cold winter nights, hard truths and broken hearts will take you down a road rising within the power of words, poetry and observations about the feelings of our human existence.\" \u003c\/em\u003e- Machel Shull, Bestselling Author of\u003cem\u003e Spiritual\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Chapman's poetry is raw and real, reminding us that death is a familiar stranger on a subway waiting to greet us.\" \u003c\/em\u003e-Tracy G. 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