{"product_id":"the-ghost-soldiers-a-collection-of-surrealist-anti-poetry-funny-provocative-and-utterly-original","title":"The Ghost Soldiers: A Collection of Surrealist Anti-Poetry ― Funny, Provocative, and Utterly Original","description":"In this, his fifteenth collection of poetry, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Tate continues doing what he does best. His poems are evocative, provocative, funny, subtle, eccentric, occasionally disturbing, and wildly outrageous. Tate′s surrealist style strikes its own utterly new and original note in American poetry; as Charles Simic has observed, \"To write a poem out of nothng at all is Tate′s genius...Just about anything can happen next in this kind of poetry and that is its attraction...He makes me think that anti-poetry is the best friend poetry ever had.\"\nFather′s Day\nMy daughter has lived overseas for a number\nof years now. She married into royalty, and they\nwon′t let her communicate with any of her family or\nfriends. She lives on birdseed and a few sips\nof water. She dreams of me constantly. Her husband,\nthe Prince, whips her when he catches her dreaming.\nFierce guard dogs won′t let her out of their sight.\nI hired a detective, but he was killed trying to\nrescue her. I have written hundreds of letters\nto the State Department. They have written back\nsaying that they are aware of the situation. I\nnever saw her dance. I was always away at some\nconvention. I never saw her sing. I was always\nworking late. I called her My Princess, to make\nup for my shortcomings, and she never forgave me.\nBirdseed was her middle name.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0061756075\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0061756075.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Tate, James\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41658190921786,"sku":"DBV.0061756075.G","price":10.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0061756075-0.jpg?v=1789619009","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-ghost-soldiers-a-collection-of-surrealist-anti-poetry-funny-provocative-and-utterly-original","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}