{"product_id":"the-mundo-of-the-mundane-frederic-b-wildfang-9780595408443","title":"The Mundo of the Mundane: from Journals, 1959-1984","description":"These poems are part of a larger whole, gleaned from some 25 years of journal recordings. In the first three or four years of \"serious\" writing, I mostly wrote little hokku-like poems on little scrap pieces of paper I kept in my pockets and later recorded in my journals--desert breaths, sighs, groans with sexual-geographical overtones--jotted down while teaching school on a ranch in Arizona, hitch-hiking all over the Southwest, and trekking deep into the wilderness. Then, the first longer poems were actually juxtapositions of these little pieces--montages, compositions, jazz riffs and solos.\u003cp\u003e It is important to note that none of these poems were composed in any rational, deliberate manner--never having attempted write a \"conventional\" poem with conventional rhyme, meter, etc. The things I write down are the spontaneous recordings of images, events, and ideas that make up the substance of daily experience, hence the title of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"...full of vivid imagery and imaginative language\" (Arlene Rivera, Flume Press)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The worlds you create unravel with great beauty \" (Nancy Goldfarb, 2002 Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"...astounding and gorgeous.... I like the earth-connected imagery...the sense of time and place\" (Diane Frank, Blue Light Press)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"I like the contemplative tone, the abundance of natural imagery... (Tom C. Hunley, Steel Toe Books)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"We enjoyed the details...and the rambling, easy style...which fits the subject matter well\" (Elise M. McHugh, West End Press)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederic B. Wildfang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595408443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595408443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frederic B. Wildfang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45264994271487,"sku":"9780595408443","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c67a914-4911-45e0-9fb2-cc288d9330ce.jpg?v=1713419846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mundo-of-the-mundane-frederic-b-wildfang-9780595408443","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}