{"product_id":"kansas-poems-paperback-1","title":"Kansas 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\u003eBrian Daldorph\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKansas Poems\u003c\/em\u003e \"is a poetry of place and microhistory, which nonetheless transcends the people and events it tells about . . . And while I've never been to Kansas, I now feel that I might have-or at least that there is a Kansas of my mind, a place of lakes and fireflies and small lives.\" --Laura Chalar, author of \u003cem\u003eUnlearning\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMidnight at the Law Firm (Stories)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Daldorph's eighth full-length collection of poetry is a tribute to his adopted state, where he has lived through the four seasons year by year, in Lawrence, Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKansas poetry blooms in these pages, not only poems set in Lawrence, Linwood, Garden City, and Coffeyville, but also in the more mythological locations of Stony Creek Cemetery, Brook Creek Park, Oak Hill Cemetery and Stull, which, legend has it, is one of the gates of Hell. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are poems about Kansas people: a Vietnam vet still angry at the government who betrayed him; undertaker Zeke Haskins, looking out of his office window at his dying small town. The football coach's wife who fears that her husband will recruit their sons for the sport he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are ghost stories here, jail visits, love stories and breakups, a Kansas story about Brown Recluse spiders and Black Widows \"waiting in outhouses and dreams with that one bite\/ to freeze your limbs and jam your lungs . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728526733619,"sku":"9781736223208","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Wll4VERYT09CbitVSkI5aVRRN1JkZz09_2b4494cd-1619-4a06-a444-f98ca2566163.webp?v=1763784093","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/kansas-poems-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}