{"product_id":"the-name-for-the-god-who-speaks-poems-9781680031867","title":"The Name for the God Who Speaks: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gregory Byrd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Trp: The University Press of Shsu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Trp: The University Press of Shsu\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eThe Name for the God Who Speaks \u003c\/i\u003ereference Caribbean deities, the power of weather and landscape and ancient myths to illuminate an \u003ci\u003eannus horribilis\u003c\/i\u003e of cancer and loss. In the last poems, youth and music redeem the experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the Name for the God who Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Father, you would know these primal prayers, \u003cbr\u003e light flashing in the west behind live oaks, \u003cbr\u003e a sky-slashed language dead after Conquest. \u003cbr\u003e From that living world, we share only lightning, \u003cbr\u003e an old god speaking light out of darkness, \u003cbr\u003e a chant of rain as alphabet where\u003ci\u003e water flowing\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a word.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Trp: The University Press of Shsu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889342529687,"sku":"9781680031867","price":1085.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781680031867.webp?v=1781175906","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-name-for-the-god-who-speaks-poems-9781680031867","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}