{"product_id":"the-poets-curse-michael-estabrook-9781948461184","title":"The Poet's Curse: A Miscellany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA delightful miscellany of poems on a multitude of subjects in various forms and genres including: \u003c\/strong\u003e ancestral portraits, bestiary, commonplace, complaints, catalogs, concrete, dialog, dreams, ekphrastic, erotica, experimental, found poems, free verse, light poems, imagistic, list poems, lyrical, military, monolog, narrative, nostalgia, object poems, odes, pentastichs, persona poems, philias, phobias, philosophies, portraits, prose poems, romantic, satire, sonnets, stream-of-consciousness, triptychs, work . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Poet's Curse\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eEverything the poet sees\u003cbr\u003e or hears, thinks, feels or imagines\u003cbr\u003e gets captured, interpreted and shoe-horned\u003cbr\u003e into a damn poem\u003cbr\u003e whether they like it or not.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e____________________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Michael Estabrook's \u003cem\u003eThe Poet's Curse\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read collection by a particularly perceptive observer of our often-cockeyed world.\" Wayne Hogan, Poet \u0026amp;Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Estabrook is a master jeweler, and each day, each moment, of his life is a small, glittering stone waiting to be shaped into something iridescent and precious. John Sweet, Poet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I never tire of his humorous, often self-deprecating, yet poignant poetry.\" Glenn Cooper, Poet \u0026amp; Collagist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Estabrook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948461188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948461184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry Box Select\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Michael Estabrook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47759904047359,"sku":"9781948461184","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4978871e-d9e9-49f2-a9f4-f10d87dde104.jpg?v=1765513028","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-poets-curse-michael-estabrook-9781948461184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}