{"product_id":"o-39-rourke-meghan-oncepb","title":"O'Rourke, Meghan: Once","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorton, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: March 01, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems are shadowed by illness, both civic and personal, and by the mysterious currents of grief. What emerges over the course of the volume is a meditation not only on a daughter's relationship with her mother but also on a citizen's to her nation. Throughout, Once examines the forces that shape war, divorce, and death, exploring personal culpability and charting uncertain new beginnings as the speakers seek to build homes in a shattered land and find whole selves amid broken, thwarted relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom \"Frontier\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e. . . At times,\u003cbr\u003eI felt sick, intoxicated\u003cbr\u003eby BPA and mercury.\u003cbr\u003eAt other times I fasted and the stars\u003cbr\u003estumbled clear from the vault.\u003cbr\u003eUp there, the universe stands around drunk.\u003cbr\u003eI hope the Lord is kind to us,\u003cbr\u003efor we engrave our every mistake . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817149116439,"sku":"9780393343946","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/9780393343946.jpg?v=1767997866","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/o-39-rourke-meghan-oncepb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}