{"product_id":"kung-fu-of-the-dark-father-paperback","title":"Kung Fu of the Dark Father - 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\u003eDane Cervine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKung Fu of the Dark Father \u003c\/em\u003epresents not only the poet's father, the author's own enigmas, but also a veritable lineage of men confronting what Lorca describes as the duende in art and life--mythology's insistence that one must enter the underworld before there is any hope of bearing light. Here we meet a destruction derby hero, the Rolling Stones, Freud's cocaine habit, Meriwether Lewis' less than heroic return from the great West; St. Augustine, Copernicus, Hemingway's third son--each facing a darkness that poetry helps bear. There are also wild gurus, wandering monks--a terrestrial crew despite celestial aspirations--the human in each of us, \u003cem\u003ewith clay feet under a tainted moon.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e__________________\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Praise for Dane Cervine's Poetry -\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e...has a fine sense both of language and the interconnectedness of human lives that for me is at the heart of poetry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Adrienne Rich, author of Later Poems: Selected \u0026amp; New\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e...poems that matter...the beauty and pain of life become indistinguishable. Deliciously full of joy, insight, and awe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Ellen Bass, author of Like a Beggar\/\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e...it is really the passion and precision...that earns my full attention.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Tony Hoagland, author of Application for Release from the Dream: Poems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e...clear struck bells.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Jane Hirshfield, author of The Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344399917363,"sku":"9781632100313","price":25.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/BFZFn-q3e_9781632100313.webp?v=1778725421","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/kung-fu-of-the-dark-father-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}