{"product_id":"the-ordinary-sublime","title":"The Ordinary Sublime","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoetry.  A powerful, sobering collection of poems by Patricia Waters. A failed marriage is the framework, though its real focus is on relearning how to see  daily life  as the  ordinary sublime.  Not surprisingly, the arts play a central role throughout these poemsVermeer, Rothko, Hoppersometimes comforting, sometimes terrifying, but always serving as a standard measure for the speaker s experience: this is the authentic. It may be discovered in  Morning Coffee  (a brutal poem) or exhibited in the wry lyricism of  Girl  ( By the basin lavender soap\/makes soft and sweet the sad old flesh ). If there is a signature piece here, it may be  As Heard Early Morning National Public Radio,  in which the coast guard  rescues  a woman found three miles off the coast of Florida,  swimming, strongly, steadily\/away from shore.  You ll have to read THE ORDINARY SUBLIME to see what happens. It was well worth the wait. Arthur Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anhinga Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335636664565,"sku":"SONG0938078941","price":47.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/51CbrM09AJL.jpg?v=1763989803","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-ordinary-sublime","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}