{"product_id":"love-poem-to-ginger-other-poems-poetry-paintings","title":"Love Poem to Ginger \u0026 Other Poems: poetry \u0026 paintings","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn alluring gem of a chapbook, \"Love Poem to Ginger \u0026amp; Other Poems: poetry \u0026amp; paintings\" follows Mong-LanÕs much-lauded \"Love Poem to Tofu \u0026amp; Other Poems.\" An absolute treasure tapestry of poems and paintings, this pocket-sized edition calls joy by its true name and makes pleasure an art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eÒMong-LanÕs poems are fresh and real as a street, full of the seriousness of pleasure. She has the same sense of joy that Kenneth Koch loved in the courage to sing, happiness of St.-John Perse. The courage of Frank OÕHara who said that the smallest idea in one's own head was better than an old idea in some other brain. . . . The Chinese speak of the three perfections: poetry, painting and calligraphy. But Mong-Lan speaks of the great imperfections that are better for being so. Her poems are full of the bright primaries of her brushstrokes. . . . I praise these poems of praise which collapse distance and makes us feel, as OÕHara seemed to say, poetry is just a telephone call away.ÓÑDavid Shapiro\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44365807517857,"sku":"9780982822715","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1rgvdpkj-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1716511012","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/love-poem-to-ginger-other-poems-poetry-paintings","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}