{"product_id":"just-a-trace-of-moon-ken-fontenot-9781936671311","title":"Just a Trace of Moon","description":"Ken Fontenot's fourth book of poems continues the fine balance of \"things both practical and sublime\" that he developed with subtlety and flare in his previous book, In a Kingdom of Birds-poems that explore the personal as well as the grander themes of life, with music presiding. \"The songs of my time insist we listen attentively. \/ Take Fleetwood Mac. They incite, almost all melody, \/ which is the pie's filling, the alcohol in a mixed \/ drink.\" Images of childhood (gathering eggs, his grandfather's tractor, butchering a hog) and wildlife (hummingbirds, hyenas, lions, snakes) share meditations with figures encountered during a learned life-Beethoven, Goethe, Shakespeare, Mahler, Brahms, Bruckner, Buddha, Whitman, Melville, Aristotle. \"Mostly, \/ though, I would have wanted Boccherini's dates: \/ 1743-1805. Was it a great time to be alive? \/ Of course, the music itself seems to say so.\" And throughout-he weighs and balances a lifetime of choices. \"I wanted to have a distinct plan, yet it changed \/ as I changed. Even the pines were insightful. \/ And the cows returned to the barn in their slow way.\" Poets on Ken Fontenot's In a Kingdom of Birds \"Fontenot's keen observation and original intelligence make his poetry well worth reading and a joy to examine ... southern regionalism combines with cosmopolitan sensitivity.\"-Harry de la Houssaye, Xavier Review \"For Fontenot, the act of reading is one such expression of that desire: 'Readers, after all, view the world most passionately-- \/ as if their own lives were at stake.' And this stellar collection of Fontenot's mature years fully persuades, by its metaphorical and imagistic thinking, that our own lives are truly at stake.-\"-Kurt Heinzelman, Borderlands \"Any reader's way of looking at and comprehending the world will be vastly expanded and improved by Fontenot's fresh and thought-provoking poems.\"-Dave Oliphant, Southwestern American Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Fontenot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193667131X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936671311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pinyon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Ken Fontenot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074250797311,"sku":"9781936671311","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d621c27-d515-43c0-a7d0-1141ec370a3c.jpg?v=1685452668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/just-a-trace-of-moon-ken-fontenot-9781936671311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}