{"product_id":"romer-stephen-set-thy-lo","title":"Romer, Stephen: Set Thy Love in Order: New \u0026 Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarcanet Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: July 01, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003ci\u003eSet Thy Love in Order: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003egathers the work of some thirty years, taken from Stephen Romer's four previous collections, along with a substantial selection of new poems. Stephen Romer has been described as 'one of our finest poets of thwarted or impossible love' (Adam Thorpe in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and the title of this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew \u0026amp; Selected\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a Dantescan objurgation as old as the Trecento: Ordina qu'est amore, o tu che m'ami - set thy love in order, o thou who lovest me. Romer's central theme is encapsulated by these words, and his prolonged and painstaking exploration of the 'intermittences of the heart', frequently carried out with a Francophile self-consciousness and a rueful wit, constitute so many variations on the theme.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817256824855,"sku":"9781784103767","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/61DMyqhULoL._SL1000.jpg?v=1773959425","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/romer-stephen-set-thy-lo","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}