{"product_id":"dickman-michael-plant-commpb","title":"[11\/10\/26] Dickman, Michael: PLANT COMMUNITIES OF NEW JERSEY","description":"\u003cp\u003eEconomy Press, chapbook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: November 10, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePLANT COMMUNITIES OF NEW JERSEY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a new collection of poems by Michael Dickman that explores the ecosystems of plants and people. These poems speak to the bright flowers of spring and the dark shadows they cast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou can make a butterfly with a scrap of tinfoil and a square\u003cbr\u003eOf origami paper held together\u003cbr\u003eWith little black twist ties\u003cbr\u003eFor legs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA chipmunk chases another chipmunk\u003cbr\u003eAcross the towpath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI love you\u003cbr\u003eI love you\u003cbr\u003eI love you they say\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the soft part we get to keep for ourselves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fairy ring made of neon orange mushrooms and spent Narcan cartridges is still a fairy ring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe grocery store carnations are pink and yellow and not quite white\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA snail\u003cbr\u003ePlows through the Pleistocene\u003cbr\u003eIts shell a map of the Milky Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Phragmites call to the cattails\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cattails call to the past\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(from “PLANT COMMUNITIES OF NEW JERSEY”)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Dickman was born and raised in the Lents neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. He is the author of five collections of poems, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlies\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2010 James Laughlin Award,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDays \u0026amp; Days\u003c\/em\u003e, a New York Times Best Poetry Book of 2019, and most recently\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePacific Power \u0026amp; Light\u003c\/em\u003e. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46086951501847,"sku":"9798995595458","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1792798313-900.jpg?v=1794179573","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/dickman-michael-plant-commpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}