{"product_id":"desire-returns-for-a-visit-intimate-poems-about-lesbian-love-paperback","title":"Desire Returns for a Visit: Intimate Poems about Lesbian Love - 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\u003eSandra De Helen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJove Belle\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" Sandra de Helen's] book of poems is a great way to read a truthful, witty, poignant memoir about lesbian love.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Judy Grahn, Ph.D., poet, writer, trailblazer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I didn't need to read beyond the first line of the first poem in Sandra de Helen's collection \u003cem\u003eDesire Returns\u003c\/em\u003e to know I'd be loving this book: \"Wearing makeup is as unnecessary as \/ painting crickets.\" What a fanciful imagination. What a cohesive, splendidly ordered body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not often I find poems that speak so directly of and to my lesbian heart. Love poems all, even when love kicks and confuses, this poet portrays the lesbian core.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNor does de Helen speak to lesbians only. The universality of love, erotic desire, heartbreak, romantic struggle, all are here. From the poem \"Donations\" comes this lovely metaphor: \"My pail of dreams has been tipped out.\" She allows her gentle humor free reign, as in a poem about falling for cast-off lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra de Helen is a fine poet, by turns earthy, erotic, ethereal, funny, a lesbian herstorian, a lover, a beloved. Her poems will be loved as well.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Lee Lynch, novelist, essayist, short story writer, trailblazer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52516170170675,"sku":"9781633042025","price":19.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YytkQ3Q1Zno3Zm5RT0dJUWxEN0doZz09.webp?v=1760424949","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/desire-returns-for-a-visit-intimate-poems-about-lesbian-love-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}