{"product_id":"poems-of-ancient-rome-and-greece-paperback","title":"Poems of Ancient Rome and Greece - 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\u003eChristopher T. Saitta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis three-part book of poems is a learned journey to the authentic voice of the \u003cb\u003eAncient World\u003c\/b\u003e, focusing on \u003cb\u003eRome\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGreece\u003c\/b\u003e. With language used as labyrinth, these poems criss-cross the narrow alleys and byways of antiquity, then follow the pulse of these early civilizations through the \u003cb\u003eMedieval\u003c\/b\u003e, before nesting in a modern view tinged with reverence for our past glories and failings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThematically and symbolically, the book is a metaphorical Colosseum of its own hand-placed brick of words with a touch of old Roman concrete and limestone, as porous and crumbled at the edges as time's treasured monuments: \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe moldering walls of lips, the kiss of vacant streets\u003cbr\u003eAnd the quiet, wet solitude bespoken by back roads, \u003cbr\u003eThe whispered origami of the Forum, paper gods in folds...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522197872947,"sku":"9798992183108","price":20.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/4Vmxg6bgMo9798992183108.webp?v=1781966754","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/poems-of-ancient-rome-and-greece-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}