{"product_id":"body-of-water-paperback-2","title":"Body of Water - 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\u003eJanet Hamill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatti Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eBob Holman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith mercurial wands, Baal's angels, decks with wild Jacks of oracle bones, tempest Serpens, Lord Byron on the Bridge of Sighs, stallions mottled grey, a \"dark blue stronger than the Flemish blue of hummingbirds,\" and poesis lying in the ashes of a dress, Janet Hamill turns her wizard poet's eye on an immense body of alchemical empathies. This book is a romantic, surreal, lyrical Voyage. It twists and turns with the playful tide of poetic vision, enhanced by the delicate measures of Patti Smith's photography. Kudos all around. \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eAnne Waldman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reading Janet Hamill now, as I have over the last thirty years, I'm amazed again at the particulars of the world her poetry makes--a night world, as I read it, peopled with bright creatures and splashes of color, beautiful and terrifying by turns. With this there is a mix, too, of pop forms and strains, and of catholic and pagan names and images--angels and saints and hermits--as in the vision of her sleeping gypsy: \"firebird sweets \/ a morsel a taste of carrion \/ . . . as in a dream.\" With this and much more, she has become indispensable. \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJerome Rothenberg\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With its unbridled surrealistic, hypnotic imagery, Janet Hamill's alchemy of language gives us back communion with our souls. With a magician's grace she reminds us of the enchantment of our being. Hers is a music both modern and magik. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Maureen Owen\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . . . Janet Hamill has sought transcendence in language on the page or sung . . . Hamill's mastery of form and feeling comes together to create a poem that delicately examines celebrity, gallantry, silence, talent, and beauty. Only a poet could do that. Or maybe only Janet Hamill. \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePatricia Spears Jones\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.02 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728912871731,"sku":"9780980050868","price":37.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/zVuFzYapk-9780980050868_6c4779fc-36e2-4086-9139-db9f8b2f71f1.webp?v=1763794725","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/body-of-water-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}