{"product_id":"sawgrass-sky-andrew-hemmert-9781680032468","title":"Sawgrass Sky: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSawgrass Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age story, a Floridian memoir-in-verse. Through the speaker's recounting of his adolescence, the collection addresses themes of religious disillusionment, sexual awakening, body image, environmental degradation, suburbia versus the wild, familial history, and the idea of home contextualized by distance. These poems vary in form and style, including long narratives, meditative sequences, prose poems, and short lyrics. The unifying factor is the speaker's focus on the place he comes from, and his struggle to define that heritage in terms psychological, natural, and familial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems that comprise this collection have been published widely in reputable literary journals. These magazines include \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Greensboro Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIron Horse Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMid-American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoet Lore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Humanities Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Rats\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhen I lie awake before sleep they are\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe thoughts dying and dying\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ebut going nowhere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ethey are the hands of the sewers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003erunning their claws across the tin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eroofs of houses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eall that water underneath rising\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Hemmert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680032461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680032468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.40d","brand":"Andrew Hemmert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048693952767,"sku":"9781680032468","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_770da290-526b-40bb-b548-9b378b26dc0f.jpg?v=1684997275","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sawgrass-sky-andrew-hemmert-9781680032468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}