{"product_id":"smitten-with-the-written-9781968451103","title":"Smitten with the Written","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jordyn Krieg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Arcana Poetry Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Arcana Poetry Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthologies (multiple authors)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology isn't a polished how-to guide-no \u003cem\u003eRecipe for a New Poem\u003c\/em\u003e, no universal \u003cem\u003eIngredients for Writing a Poem\u003c\/em\u003e. Instead, this collection explores the real, messy interior of the intimate and unruly relationship between the poet and the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e63 distinct voices gather-sometimes addressing \u003cem\u003eDear Reader\u003c\/em\u003e, sometimes insisting \u003cem\u003eRead Me\u003c\/em\u003e, sometimes turning inward to the act of writing itself-tracing the tension between what a poet tries to say and what a poem wants to become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith lyrical insight, introspective musings, and striking honesty, these poems move from \u003cem\u003eWriting in the Margins\u003c\/em\u003e into drafts, detours, and dead ends. They take on \u003cem\u003eThings I've Googled in the Name of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, confront the private \u003cem\u003eDeath of a Poet\u003c\/em\u003e, and hold fast to the stubborn insistence that one is \u003cem\u003eStill a Poet in the Afterlife.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this collection confess, resist, unravel, and rebuild-questioning form (\u003cem\u003eNot a Run-On\u003c\/em\u003e), mourning what's been lost (\u003cem\u003eAn Elegy for the Adverb\u003c\/em\u003e), returning to the familiar (\u003cem\u003eYes\u003c\/em\u003e, t\u003cem\u003ehe Poets Are Writing About the Moon Again\u003c\/em\u003e), and celebrating what persists: the impulse to create meaning one word after another.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcana Poetry Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47966952194199,"sku":"9781968451103","price":1375.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781968451103.webp?v=1782912662","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/smitten-with-the-written-9781968451103","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}