{"product_id":"every-ravening-thing-poems","title":"Every Ravening Thing: Poems","description":"Author of two previous collections of poetry: BLACK HOPE (1997) and ANTIDOTE FOR NIGHT (2015). de la O is also the publisher of the journal ASKEW. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeats at Fourteen\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShe dozes, her nails fretted against the linen's border, \u003cbr\u003ea hectic rose flaming each cheek. Her lips move, no words. \u003cbr\u003eThe boy is guardian spirit, no one but he enters this sickroom \u003cbr\u003ewhere his mother fades, home finally after six years--failures, \u003cbr\u003edisgrace. \u003ci\u003eScarlet daughter, \u003c\/i\u003e neighbors hiss, \u003ci\u003e slave to appetite, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebut John is single-minded--she\u003ci\u003e will \u003c\/i\u003elive\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eNo one but he gives her \u003cbr\u003ethe tincture of mercury--one tenth of a grain daily, dabs the sweat \u003cbr\u003eof her fevers away, a basket of withered poppies at his feet. He pierces \u003cbr\u003eeach capsule with a needle, drops it in a small glazed crock to warm \u003cbr\u003enear the stove, sweat out the opium. Then he'll add wine, saffron, \u003cbr\u003enutmeg. It takes time, the hour darkens. He cups his hand \u003cbr\u003eto light the votive. She moans a furred voice from webbed lungs, \u003cbr\u003ea cup of black blood brimming, \u003ci\u003ethe pilgrim is fleeing the City, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe leans in closer, \u003ci\u003ethe City of Destruction, \u003c\/i\u003etakes her clammy hand, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat place also where he was born, \u003c\/i\u003e so close now he's breathing her, \u003cbr\u003e\"Johnny\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\" she cries, \"lift me up, Johnny, your father is here in the room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marsha de la O\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822965756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarsha de la O \u003c\/b\u003eis a lecturer in the English Department at California State University, Channel Islands, where she teaches poetry and creative writing. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvery Ravening Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAntidote for Night\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlack Hope\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poems have appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Slowdown\u003c\/i\u003e, and many journals, and she is a recipient of the Morton Marcus Poetry Prize. She lives with her husband in Ventura, California, where they founded the Ventura County Poetry Project to support local poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53323802640682,"sku":"9780822965756","price":22.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_94fb57ab-7a30-4b54-ab36-af9364fc8934.jpg?v=1793057803","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/every-ravening-thing-poems","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}