{"product_id":"chaos-and-order-poems-volume-phil-john-kneis-9781968289072","title":"Chaos and Order. Poems, Volume 4, 1999-2020. 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan order emerge from chaos? Can hope survive despair?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChaos \u0026amp; Order explores the fragile balance between disorder and meaning across two decades of writing. Spanning poems from 1999 to 2020, the collection moves through loss, uncertainty, love, civilization, spirituality, and renewal, tracing a deliberate arc from darkness toward reconciliation and transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt around syllogies including the \"Breakdown\" Quadrilogy, \"Terror Incognitus,\" \"Aphasia,\" \"Centum,\" \"Sleepwalker,\" and \"Pietà,\" the collection draws on philosophy, religion, mythology, and cultural history - Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Sanskrit motifs intertwining with contemporary experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor readers of philosophical poetry, spirituality, mythology, and contemporary literary verse, Chaos \u0026amp; Order is a meditation on resilience: the conviction that even after breakdown, order can be rebuilt from the chaos of existence.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVol. 1: Life As We Know It. 2001-2026.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 2: Daimonia. 1997-2011.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 3: Tetralogy I. The Woods, The Desert, The Sea, The Stars. 2004-2008.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 4: Chaos \u0026amp; Order. 1999-2020.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 5: Qaddish. A Meditation on the Nature of Divinity. 2023.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 6: Meditations on the End. 1995-2025.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 7: Poems with Rhyming Parts. 2001-2006.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 8: Nowhere Place. 2004-2010.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 9: One Moment in Time. 2008-2021.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 10: Tetralogy II, Part I. The Road, The Garden. 2009-2024.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 11: Futures Past. 2020-2026.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 12: Sturm \u0026amp; Drang. Early German Poems. 1991-1998.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 13: Tetralogy II, Part II. The City, The Ruins. 2026-2028.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eErratic Books erraticbooks.com philjohn.com erraticattempts.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phil John Kneis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1968289070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968289072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Erratic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Phil John Kneis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173978382591,"sku":"9781968289072","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a5c8fa7-da0d-4a69-8d72-b2adae227c6a.jpg?v=1788957241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chaos-and-order-poems-volume-phil-john-kneis-9781968289072","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}