{"product_id":"deed-3","title":"Deed","description":"In Carole Simmons Oles's fourth collection of poetry, small events of everyday life throw open a door to meditations on the absence of a husband, on the separation from children, and on the sustenance gained from friendship and the sorrow its loss. Each poem has an ambitious range, sure in its leap from subject to subject. \"\"In Time, with Holsteins,\"\" for example, carries us from close observations on the daily life of cows to facts about Indian rites of penance and purification to worry about a friend's diagnosis of breast cancer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven as the poems take their strength from the personal, they are informed by a global concern, the poet's belief in a network of trust and obligation. \"\"The Radioactive Ball\"\" reflects this concern:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI caught it\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand screamed for water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomeone carried a pail,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI plunged my hands in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe water boiled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI wore violet gloves beaded with glass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow what do I do with this water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can I pick the pail up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere should I set it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to turn doorknobs and enter rooms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand not lift my child\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs it too late to cut them off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere will I bury them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf I burn them, who\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewill breathe the air of their burning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrow them into the ozone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShip them to Mars,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethese death hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo pockets will have them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Deed\u003c\/i\u003e, Oles's strong female voice is dedicated to the exploration of loss tempered by the particulars of pleasure this world offers. In the generous embrace of its vision, this collection will appeal to a wide readership.","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807331729752,"sku":"9780807117026","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780807117026.jpg?v=1778679031","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/deed-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}