{"product_id":"bucolics-9780156034753","title":"Bucolics","description":"\u003cp\u003eUntitled and unpunctuated, the seventy poems in this acclaimed collection seem to cascade from one page to another. Maurice Manning extolls the virtues of nature and its many gifts, and finds deep gratitude for the mysterious hand that created it all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat bare branch that branch made black \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby the rain the silver raindrop \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehanging from the black branch \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoss I like that black branch \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI like that shiny raindrop Boss \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etell me if I'm wrong but it makes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eme think you're looking right \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat me now isn't that a lark for me \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto think you look that way \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eupside down like a tree frog \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoss I'm not surprised at all \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wouldn't doubt it for \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea minute you're always up \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto something I'll say one thing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou're all right all right you are \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeven when you're hanging Boss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAURICE MANNING's poems have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e and his first collection of poems was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award. He teaches English at Indiana University. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and Danville, Kentucky.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647431381266,"sku":"9780156034753","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fecdc231-b057-4b8c-9a2f-e742425ce58e.jpg?v=1734799760","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bucolics-9780156034753","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}