{"product_id":"cry-back-my-sea","title":"Cry Back My Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eStunning poems of obsession, loss, and the desire for a renewed       self, from the award-winning poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I thought I had left behind the darkness \/ of the heart,” Arvio confesses in the poem “Small War.” The love Arvio traces in these pages is indeed a battle, one in which the best-laid plans are shattered. Rarely has a poet tackled intimate love with so much invention and bravery.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn poem after poem, we meet the troubling lover whose nearness and force undoes her. There are moments of reprieve: “my naked body and budding pleasure \/ in the weather of your presence. \/ Not whether your presence but how.” The voice is vulnerable, self-knowing, often funny; the poet seems to be writing these poems to save herself from a devastating passion. Her weapons are a cascade of brash, freely spoken lines and a powerful command of metaphor, wielded in a search for meaning and understanding.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThese breathtaking love poems make the collection Arvio’s most universal to date.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481603875189,"sku":"9780593319505","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780593319505.jpg?v=1786089883","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/cry-back-my-sea","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}