{"product_id":"daybreak-and-deep-9781639801558","title":"Daybreak and Deep","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaybreak and Deep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and graceful assembly of requiems, for family and home places, for a spouse. Jessica D. Thompson honors, then abandons the innocence of childhood and the prescribed gender roles imbued with religion and tradition - \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe wore the white of the sacrificed \/ tied the knot\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Instead, Thompson travels the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003esharp-edged road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e of grief while wildly embracing hurt and loss: \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eI want \/ to run outside, gather firewood, chop \/ off my hair, stain my face with the husks \/ of walnuts, leave my handprint on the \/ wall of a cave.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e In praise of loves lost, of crows and cowslip, of making art amid great sorrow, this poet's voice is a glowing testament to this \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eearthbound life \/ in a season of frost.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Marianne Worthington, Author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJessica D. Thompson's extraordinary collection twirls and spins \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003ea poetic sema\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ea deep listening \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eeach poem a dervish, one hand receiving the blessings of attention - \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003erose petals floating in a rain barrel\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ecandlelight [warming] butter-crème walls, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eone hand bestowing the bittersweet gifts of remembrance - \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003esymmetry\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003ci\u003emarried sleep\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ethe small hole in the front pocket of [a] late husband's 505 Levi's\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e... beneath \/ the Big Dipper, I twirled \/ in long night gowns - \/ spinning round and round \/\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003euntil I ran out of breath, \/ until the earth caught fire \/ beneath my bare feet.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe return from this modern-day heroine's journey, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003erejoicing in the blue light of May.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eI know \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e will return to this book again and again, for the pleasure of its linguistic grace and to listen to the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003esound of leaves \/ trembling - \/ like tambourines in trees\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Kim Noriega, Author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eName Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaybreak and Deep, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThompson gives us a collection of poems so delicately tuned to the ecology of love and loss that the book itself is a house of prayer for all people, for all creatures, for every leaf and bloom and weed, for this heartbreak, heaven of a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Rebecca Gayle Howell, Author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Purgatory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRender\/An Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand Poetry Editor, Oxford American \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424442876178,"sku":"9781639801558","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f30f48fc-3140-469b-ab32-6bb0edbf504b.jpg?v=1751377591","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/daybreak-and-deep-9781639801558","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}