{"product_id":"threshold-state-phyllis-stowell-9781639801022","title":"Threshold State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn poem after poem the reader is taken down a psychic well of echoing voices that, at the poems' best, releases the reader into a subterranean lake of commonality (perhaps what Jung meant by a state of \"acausal orderedness\"), in this case marked by the inevitable human experience of death. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHer face softened being herself Joy \/ and I saw Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat dwelt within \/ Whispered me \/ pool here \/ in my depths\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e In a youth-centered society, Phyllis Stowell speaks to the struggles, powers, and wisdoms of aging. Her poetry offers a guide to all, whatever the age, whatever the threshold state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jeanne Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I read Phyllis Stowell's poetry, I am first struck by the beauty of the sound-play-a dimension undervalued by so many contemporary poets. Then by her unflinching confrontation with the theme that must come to the fore for all poets if they live long enough: the confrontation with the Void. Like the great poets of old age-I think particularly of Stevens-Stowell records both the horror and the glimpses of a possible transcendence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alan Williamson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phyllis Stowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639801022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639801022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Phyllis Stowell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439908237567,"sku":"9781639801022","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a61606b-30d9-40e7-b854-1ce78b73db41.jpg?v=1777179716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/threshold-state-phyllis-stowell-9781639801022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}