{"product_id":"everyday-flowers-paperback","title":"Everyday Flowers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKalpana Asok\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've wondered how it must feel to be a stranger in a strange land, Kalpana Asok tells you in these gentle poems. Gentle, but with a hint of irony, as when, in the voice of a new arrival, an Indian woman introduces herself to a new American neighbor, and then, in an almost footnoted last line that lets us know she was never invited into the house: \"Dear Ethel, Thank you for the lemonade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the visits on your porch.\" The feeling of dislocation surfaces sharply in another, when she asks, \"My mother's in my mirror\/is she walled in\/am I locked out . . . .\" Vivid images greet us throughout, as she explores, wide-eyed, this new world, where a \"chatty American\" wears a \"different baseball cap every day\" and is \"full of information.\" The gentle voice rises in indignation in strong, tightly crafted poems about social injustice, as in \"I Can't Breathe,\" with a first stanza ending in \"Yes, metoo.\" Remembering or perhaps dreaming, she gives us a \"Tiger Preserve,\" with a \"Lurching blind-drunk female \/in the middle of the day\/Slapping holy ground . . . .\" The gentle voice returns in this lovely debut collection, ending with a lullaby, \"Tenderly,\" in hummed syllables: \"\u003cem\u003eUmhmm, --Irene Willis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ehmmm hmm hmm . . . .\"\u003c\/em\u003e Read it with delight and continued discovery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713330679871,"sku":"9781732053359","price":20.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8a69a6be441ceee0d9cb11dc0cf88fd7.webp?v=1765064283","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/everyday-flowers-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}