{"product_id":"bright-thorn-poems-2000-2026-paperback","title":"Bright Thorn: Poems 2000-2026 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe selected poems of Devin Johnston, a poet who can \"change the way you breathe\" (Maureen N. McLane). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy call this plant a weed? Some flowers\u003cbr\u003eevince no difference between\u003cbr\u003egiving and taking, all their powers\u003cbr\u003edispersed unseen beyond a stile\u003cbr\u003ethat your wants might for a little while\u003cbr\u003ebe mine, and open to the light. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBright Thorn\u003c\/i\u003e, distilling Devin Johnston's work across a quarter century and seven books, offers an alternative to our frenzied moment through the calm measured feeling and formal intelligence of his verse. Historical, philosophical, closely observational, and rooted evenly in the deep poetic past and the daily rhythms of American life, these poems open the world to imaginative scrutiny. Johnston is a chronicler in a Yeatsian sense, whose eye, cast discerningly over the landscape, is affectionate yet icily clear.","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46837910044828,"sku":"9780374608835","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9780374608835.jpg?v=1778490865","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/bright-thorn-poems-2000-2026-paperback","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}