{"product_id":"poems-of-ancient-rome-and-christopher-t-saitta-9798992183108","title":"Poems of Ancient Rome and Greece","description":"This three-part book of poems is a learned journey to the authentic voice of the \u003cb\u003eAncient World\u003c\/b\u003e, focusing on \u003cb\u003eRome\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGreece\u003c\/b\u003e. With language used as labyrinth, these poems criss-cross the narrow alleys and byways of antiquity, then follow the pulse of these early civilizations through the \u003cb\u003eMedieval\u003c\/b\u003e, before nesting in a modern view tinged with reverence for our past glories and failings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThematically and symbolically, the book is a metaphorical Colosseum of its own hand-placed brick of words with a touch of old Roman concrete and limestone, as porous and crumbled at the edges as time's treasured monuments: \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe moldering walls of lips, the kiss of vacant streets\u003cbr\u003eAnd the quiet, wet solitude bespoken by back roads, \u003cbr\u003eThe whispered origami of the Forum, paper gods in folds...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher T. Saitta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798992183108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dancing Satyr Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d","brand":"Christopher T. Saitta","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571344298239,"sku":"9798992183108","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89b8b320-da45-4480-8c17-b02e67fec4dc.jpg?v=1738807955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poems-of-ancient-rome-and-christopher-t-saitta-9798992183108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}