{"product_id":"pop-smoke-pray-9780615171807","title":"Pop Smoke \u0026 Pray","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frank Barry Smith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lrs X Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lrs X Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Barry Smith, now retired and living in Washington state, served as a combat medic in the Vietnam war. This collection of poetry--written mostly while in Vietnam--chronicles first and foremost the friendships made and lost during war time. \"I have made friends and lost them \/ in ways more quickly than some \/ but less than others...\" Smith writes in \"THE MIDDLE,\" ironically the book's final poem. POP SMOKE \u0026amp; PRAY is a book of memory, a book of fear, a book of observation, a book of confusion and youth and a time that seemed to go at lightspeed while the long days still dragged into even longer nights; but, most importantly, POP SMOKE \u0026amp; PRAY is a book about love and its ability to remain and be found in the worst situations. Frank Barry Smith studied poetry under Philip Levine, Robert Mezey, and John Logan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lrs X Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47813573509271,"sku":"9780615171807","price":597.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780615171807.webp?v=1778336919","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pop-smoke-pray-9780615171807","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}