{"product_id":"accidents-after-happening-robert-priest-9781770418530","title":"Accidents After Happening: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAccidents After Happening\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone who has a taste for immediate, meaningful poetry that sings, laments, and decries but also celebrates life in our modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most imaginatively inventive poets in the country.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePacific Rim Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe accidents of Priest's collection are definitely not all \"happy.\" They move through a full range of human emotions: dread, grief, anger, ecstasy, lust and empathy. Plus some magic levity. This is poetry you will want to recite aloud: lyrical love poems, sonnets, satires, ghazals, curses, and bitter invective. These are not snobby poems -- they want and welcome readers who love euphony, who enjoy tasteful eroticism, who rage at injustice. People who grieve and gush -- smart people who think critically and form their own opinions. And for those with a taste for \"brevity forever.\" \u003ci\u003eAccidents After Happening\u003c\/i\u003e also contains a whole new catalog of Priest's aphorisms, proverbs, maxims, and sayings -- the kind of work that recently prompted Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood to take to Twitter and praise Priest's \"snappy funny spot-on micro poems -- plus much more.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated as \"the people's poet,\" Priest's words have been debated in the Ontario legislature, posted in the Transit system, quoted in the \u003ci\u003eFarmer's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e, embedded in cement, sung on \u003ci\u003eSesame Street\u003c\/i\u003e, and turned into two hit songs: \"Song Instead of a Kiss,\" a number one hit for Alannah Myles, and the recent top ten hit by Indigenous balladeer Julian Taylor \"Seeds (They Tried to Bury Us).\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Priest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770418539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770418530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Misfit Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.68w x 0.35d","brand":"Robert Priest","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425380876543,"sku":"9781770418530","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce6531b5-640b-4159-9223-9fed99234cdc.jpg?v=1761538825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/accidents-after-happening-robert-priest-9781770418530","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}