{"product_id":"concerning-the-book-that-is-the-body-of-the-beloved-by","title":"Orr, Gregory: Concerning the Book That Is the Body of the Beloved","description":"\u003cp\u003eCopper Canyon Press (paperback, 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003ci\u003eConcerning the Book That Is the Body of the Beloved\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an incantatory celebration of the \"Book,\" an imaginary and self-gathering anthology of all the lyrics--both poems and songs--ever written. Each poem highlights a distinct aspect of the human condition, and together the poems explore love, loss, restoration, the beauty of the world, the beauty of the beloved, and the mystery of poetry. The purpose and power of the Book is to help us live by reconnecting us to the world and to our emotional lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI put the beloved\u003cbr\u003eIn a wooden coffin.\u003cbr\u003eThe fire ate his body;\u003cbr\u003eThe flames devoured her.\u003cbr\u003eI put the beloved\u003cbr\u003eIn a poem or song.\u003cbr\u003eTucked it between\u003cbr\u003eTwo pages of the Book.\u003cbr\u003eHow bright the flames.\u003cbr\u003eAll of me burning,\u003cbr\u003eAll of me on fire\u003cbr\u003eAnd still whole.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is nothing quite like this book--an \"active anthology\" in the best sense--where individuals find the poems and songs that will sustain them. Or the poems find them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31758218592279,"sku":"9781556592294","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/gorr.gif?v=1600387488","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/concerning-the-book-that-is-the-body-of-the-beloved-by","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}