{"product_id":"moss-stanley-abandoned","title":"Moss, Stanley: Abandoned Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeven Stories, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: November 27, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003eStanley Moss is ninety-three years old, still kicking sixty-two-yard field goals through the uprights of American poetry. His \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbandoned Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Paul Valery wrote, \"A poem is never finished, only abandoned\") consists of 120 pages of new work written since his 2016 prize-winning book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlmost Complete Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The truth is Moss has a unique voice in the history of American poetry. He honors the English language. This book is full of invisible life-giving discoveries the reader has almost seen, and you might say Moss has discovered a new continent, a new planet or two--or simply it's fun. There is a final section, \"Apocrypha and Long Abandoned Poems,\" which includes early misplaced work never published, and new versions of previously published poems. Bingo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817242341399,"sku":"9781609808914","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_0c77569a-b141-4c22-9efe-dd5f768272b3.jpg?v=1703282643","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/moss-stanley-abandoned","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}