{"product_id":"burial-grounds","title":"Burial Grounds","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Gavin\u003c\/strong\u003e is a retired distribution manager with a life-long love of poetry, particularly the writings of poets like Robert Frost, William Butler Yeats, and Richard Wilbur. Over the years, he grew in his appreciation of their use of powerful and haunting imagery. Eventually, he began to write his own verse in an experimental, haphazard sort of way. Then, upon his retirement a few years ago, he began to work at it more earnestly and submitted some of his work to online journals. Eventually, a collection began to take shape. \u003cem\u003eBurial Grounds\u003c\/em\u003e is the result of that effort. It is his first collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBurial Grounds\u003c\/em\u003e is a series of narratives and observations set in a contemporary, rural, Midwestern American landscape. The general theme is rural death and decline. The poems are generally formal but not strictly so. The stories are not true, though some were inspired by situations encountered during years of travel in the American Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrian and his wife Karen are the parents of three adult children and their partners and the grandparents of six. They live in their home of 36 years in Lakeport, Michigan, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMore of his poetry can be found at:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ebriangavinpoetry.com\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 56 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (May 19, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48176453615774,"sku":"bvi1787286794144","price":15.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6345\/4366\/files\/burial-grounds_1.jpg?v=1787286799","url":"https:\/\/urbanwearstore.shop\/products\/burial-grounds","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}