{"product_id":"book-d87g","title":"Walking Backwards","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollected poems from America’s searching and thoughtful philosopher-poet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...There\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es something\u003cbr\u003eComforting about rituals renewed, even adolescents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e pipe dreams:\u003cbr\u003eThey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ell find out soon enough, and meanwhile find their places\u003cbr\u003eIn the eternal scenery, less auguries or cautionary tales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThan parts of an unchanging whole, as ripe for contemplation\u003cbr\u003eAs a planisphere or the clouds: the vexed destinies, the shared life,\u003cbr\u003eThe sempiternal spectacle of someone preaching to the choir\u003cbr\u003eWhile walking backwards in the moment on a warm spring afternoon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Koethe’s poems—always dynamic and in process, never static or complete—luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. Gathering for the first time his impressive and award-winning body of work, published between 1966 and 2016, \u003ci\u003eWalking Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e introduces this gifted poet to a new, wider audience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49375429787952,"sku":"BDd87g","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/253100-d87g-Square.jpg?v=1734840790","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d87g","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}