{"product_id":"ascension-poems-9781680030457","title":"Ascension: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. Scott Brownlee\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Trp: The University Press of Shsu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Trp: The University Press of Shsu\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the drought-plagued landscape of Central Texas, \u003ci\u003eAscension\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of lyric poems that chronicles life in and around Llano, Texas (population 3,033). Brownlee's poems meditate on the inescapability of place. \u003cbr\u003e Organ Solo with Oblivion and Gar \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Skittish fish lay eggs \u003cbr\u003e in this shallow stone \u003cbr\u003e cleft of an algae chorus. \u003cbr\u003e Turn my soul into song, \u003cbr\u003e if you can, River Lord. \u003cbr\u003e Treat believing the same \u003cbr\u003e as each minnow slipping \u003cbr\u003e coin-like into deep murk. \u003cbr\u003e Your spirit mimics me \u003cbr\u003e unblinking, fishbone \u003cbr\u003e face framing brackish \u003cbr\u003e absence, saying, Kneel \u003cbr\u003e into this. Lean low, \u003cbr\u003e sinner, \u0026amp; drink. Bitter \u003cbr\u003e infidel, swallow the black \u003cbr\u003e granite whole if you are not \u003cbr\u003e afraid of what comes after it: \u003cbr\u003e ___________. Live forever.","brand":"Trp: The University Press of Shsu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890444320919,"sku":"9781680030457","price":625.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781680030457.webp?v=1781180033","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ascension-poems-9781680030457","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}