{"product_id":"bruise-songs-paperback","title":"Bruise Songs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Davenport\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Davenport's \u003ci\u003eBruise Songs\u003c\/i\u003e is aggressive--21st century blues, a rap for the times, a hymn for the hurts we bear and for which we recover. As the poet invokes in \"Dear Horse I Rode In On,\" his poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis the curl of rind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe lick of salt the shaved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebarkings of all these lines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor limes I cut and squeeze\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor bruise songs, my cowboy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrag. Rhyme is everything\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein song. You done me wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe leads us to muddy waters where he asks us to sing his \"two-chord, carp killin' river song,\" or gives us access to love letters to cerebral angiograms: \"I find the clot you leave under the bruise. I ask that you open lines of time.\" It takes a life to sing blues so hauntingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA product of American Bottom, an Illinois floodplain across the Mississippi from St. Louis, STEVE DAVENPORT is the author of two poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eOverpass\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eUncontainable Noise\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). His poems, stories, and essays have been anthologized, reprinted, and published in scores of literary magazines both on-line and in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 7.99 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710571352127,"sku":"9781622883028","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8b14bdccb690bb7079bebce2c62ab438.webp?v=1765055405","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bruise-songs-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}