{"product_id":"high-water-mark-prose-poems-paperback-1","title":"High Water Mark: Prose Poems - 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\u003eDavid Shumate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryday mindreading, a house full of Buddhas, and the papaya scent of the soul. An interview with Custer at a place of his choosing, \"probably a steakhouse.\" The ability of dogs to smell the uncool. Hitler's barber imagines what might have been if only he'd leaned his weight into the razor. An oblivious Coronado narrowly avoids an ambush on the American plains. Freud lecherously lifts the skirt of a Mexican housekeeper who has far too much work to be bothered by \"a pillar of modern thought. Or just some dirty old man.\" In lesser hands such disparate elements might fly wildly out of control. But in David Shumate's understated, brilliant prose poems, they come together in miraculously vivid riffs. The narrator of the title poem rhapsodizes, \"I wouldn't mind seeing another good flood before I die. It's been dry for decades. Next time I think I'll just let go and drift downstream and see where I end up.\" Shumate's deft and refreshing collection takes us to amazing places with its plainspoken meditations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Shumate is the author of \u003ci\u003eHigh Water Mark, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the 2003 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner, North American Review, Atlanta Review, Mississippi Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMid-American Review, \u003c\/i\u003e among other publications. Shumate is poet-in-residence at Marian College in Indianapolis, Indiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 69\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.24 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52729764446515,"sku":"9780822958581","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/kEiwyKF23C9780822958581_027e70e5-82e5-453e-af97-19febceca72f.webp?v=1763819777","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/high-water-mark-prose-poems-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}