{"product_id":"duncan-robert-opening-of","title":"Duncan, Robert: The Opening of the Field","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Directions, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJanuary 17, 1973\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpeaking of his own work, Robert Duncan (1919-1987) said: \"I make poetry as other men make war or make love or make states or revolutions: to exercise my faculties at large.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Opening of the Field\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, his first major collection, was originally brought out in 1960; in it, Duncan introduced his \"Structures of Rime,\" the open series he continued in his subsequent collections, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoots and Branches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1964) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBending the Bow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1968), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGround Work: Before the War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1983), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGround Work II: In the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1987). \"Structures of Rime\" affirms his belief in the universal integrity of the poem itself in the living process of language. Thus in \"The Structure of Rime I\" he declares: \"O Lasting Sentence, \/ sentence after sentence I make in your image. In the feet that measure the dance of my pages I hear cosmic intoxications of the man I will be.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41016220385303,"sku":"9780811204804","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/view_archive_abbb3d4e-b4d4-452d-9b6f-fe676f25c7ff.jpg?v=1711573651","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/duncan-robert-opening-of","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}