{"product_id":"james-hoggard-james-hoggard-9780875655833","title":"James Hoggard: New and Selected Poems","description":"As the Texas Poet Laureate of 2000, James Hoggard writes beautifully on themes of love, loss, and nature. His unique voice, visual imagery, and carefully crafted syntax take his audience on a journey from Texas to Paris, Taos to Rome, and into their own pasts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here's a brief poem titled \"Drought\" based on his experiences in the stark West Texas landscape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So go ahead and call this place \u003cbr\u003e the place that gets no rain \u003cbr\u003e because no rain falls here \u003cbr\u003e though memories say rains have \u003cbr\u003e been here - they've swept \u003cbr\u003e through ditches, they've flooded lawns \u003cbr\u003e and drowned roads \u003cbr\u003e so we've had rains, \u003cbr\u003e a lot of rains, and with rain \u003cbr\u003e winds strong enough \u003cbr\u003e to rip ceiling joists loose \u003cbr\u003e and hurl barn roofs away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Hoggard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0875655831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875655833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"James Hoggard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44566898114815,"sku":"9780875655833","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ed340b3-0d2e-487a-be0b-34e9b2278859.jpg?v=1701374975","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/james-hoggard-james-hoggard-9780875655833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}