{"product_id":"particles-new-and-selected-poems","title":"USED: Particles: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Gerber has a gentle touch and an unaffected, articulate voice that can be smart, funny, wise―sometimes all at the same time.\"―Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Gerber] is one of the most adept and accessible of the poets who explore the meaning of humans' relation with earth and existence itself.\"―ForeWord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto a frenzied world that hurtles ever faster somewhere, Dan Gerber's poetry offers a necessary and reflective presence. Drawing upon eight previous collections, and including a book-length selection of new poems, this retrospective tunes its senses to the natural world and a provenance that includes the influence of Buddhism, English Romanticism, and a deep reading of Rainer Maria Rilke's oeuvre. Pastoral and expansive, Gerber's poetry is concerned with the universe just outside each of our windows―the immediately viewable landscape in front of us and the mysterious vastness beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"Dark Matter\":\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe visible drapes itself around the invisible,\u003cbr\u003ethe way my jacket takes its shape from my shoulders.\u003cbr\u003eAn unseen gravity whirls\u003cbr\u003enear the center of our galaxy,\u003cbr\u003ean unseen heart near the center\u003cbr\u003eof the bodies in which we desire.\u003cbr\u003eI seldom think of Neptune out there, way beyond\u003cbr\u003emy pointing to it on a summer night . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Gerber is the author of eight collections of poetry, three novels, a book of short stories, and two books of nonfiction. A former professional race-car driver, he has traveled extensively as a journalist, particularly in Africa. He lives in Santa Ynez, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Gerber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53776470802645,"sku":"9781556595257","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/5471\/9701\/files\/9781556595257.jpg?v=1778338091","url":"https:\/\/nextchapterleduc.ca\/products\/particles-new-and-selected-poems","provider":"Next Chapter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}