{"product_id":"thank-a-bored-angel-selected-poems","title":"Thank a Bored Angel: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cem\u003eThank a Bored Angel: Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e by Samuel Hazo brings together the poetry of twenty-two years, drawn from eight previous volumes. Assembled here are selections from \u003cem\u003eDiscovery\u003c\/em\u003e (1959), \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Wars\u003c\/em\u003e (1962), \u003cem\u003eListen with the Eye\u003c\/em\u003e (1964), \u003cem\u003eMy Sons in God\u003c\/em\u003e (1965), \u003cem\u003eBlood Rights\u003c\/em\u003e (1968), \u003cem\u003eOnce for the Last Bandit\u003c\/em\u003e (1972), \u003cem\u003eQuartered\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), and \u003cem\u003eTo Paris\u003c\/em\u003e (New Directions, 1981). In his preface, Hazo affirms that \"each of these poems touches on themes that are still alive in me--alive in that they seem inexhaustible\"; all are rendered in the poet's own voice, not \"in what is irritatingly called a 'persona, '\" and none, he says, either when originally composed or now, could be expressed differently. Casting back to the adventures and attachments of half a century, \u003cem\u003eThank a Bored Angel\u003c\/em\u003e presents varied, colorful portraits from the poet's life--as father, son, brother, husband, traveler, army lieutenant, university professor, writer. It is emotion, fancy, speculation--the reflections cast in his mind by events and \"accidents of place\"--that give them weight. Likewise, Hazo's considerable passion and stylistic range are not flaunted but, measured by conscience and intent, constitute the poems' inimitable, penetrating lyricism.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833660289229,"sku":"9780811208680","price":6.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_fa55b719-9622-4f25-9dbe-52e193e9a15d.jpg?v=1790892737","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/thank-a-bored-angel-selected-poems","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}