{"product_id":"litany-of-flights-laura-reece-hogan-9781640606104","title":"Litany of Flights: Poems","description":"Winner of the 2020 Paraclete Poetry Prize, \u003ci\u003eLitany of Flights\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous examination of the journey of the soul, from moments of loss to moments of incandescent transformation. These poems remind us to behold the extraordinary in the ordinary, and that the secret workings of the divine occur even through the difficult: \"the painful paring of your hollow bones has made you light.\" Drawing on the beauty of the natural world, the devastating effects of drought and wildfires, tender moments of daily experience, and lessons of the saints, the poet creates a landscape of light and darkness, with unexpected turns into divine presence and absence. Through a spiral of red-tailed hawks, the nest of a mourning dove, the parting of waters, and the ripeness of a persimmon, this shimmering collection invites the reader to singular and transfiguring flight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLitany of Flights\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (from the forthcoming collection) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First, the winged movement, steady, forward. Scrub jays in flitting \u003cbr\u003e progress, hawks in predator glide, a ringing up, a knife-sharp slope \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e down. Second, the effortless type, wind-splayed, motionless pinions \u003cbr\u003e in thermal recline, as the Psalmist says, blessings breeze his love even \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e in sleep. Third, the hungry, against the gale, the destination singular \u003cbr\u003e and the sun dipping crimson. Fourth, the metallic, business or pleasure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fifth, the whirring kind, all hummingbird. A picnic, apples and chocolate \u003cbr\u003e in the garden with roses, both flower and child. You miss it when it's gone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sixth, a baffling flight of stairs, winding upward, passage and yet vehicle, \u003cbr\u003e spiraling to unseen landings--hope courses in the kaleidoscopic lights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seventh, soar to the sun. Eighth, melt in bitter hubris. You know the story. \u003cbr\u003e Ninth, escape. A flight out of Egypt, a path through the sea cleared by \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e divine hand. The times you ran, the times you were left behind in lament. \u003cbr\u003e Tenth, only rotting in the belly of a whale tames your stubborn turn from \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nineveh. Eleventh, flights of despair and of yearning, two sides of one \u003cbr\u003e letting go, hard-earned release back into the wild, unbound by expectation, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e featherlike. Twelfth, in a moment, caught up high by the Beloved, the one \u003cbr\u003e making all things work together, wings, body, arch, air--caught up, like the \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shulamite bride, to regions beyond aeronautical wisdom, transported in joy. \u003cbr\u003e See, he says, the painful paring of your hollow bones has made you light. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Reece Hogan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640606106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640606104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paraclete Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Laura Reece Hogan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045402571007,"sku":"9781640606104","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7bb005c-7db5-486f-b525-bb2a2a3c337d.jpg?v=1684978536","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/litany-of-flights-laura-reece-hogan-9781640606104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}