{"product_id":"threshold-state-paperback","title":"Threshold State - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhyllis Stowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn poem after poem the reader is taken down a psychic well of echoing voices that, at the poems' best, releases the reader into a subterranean lake of commonality (perhaps what Jung meant by a state of \"acausal orderedness\"), in this case marked by the inevitable human experience of death. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHer face softened being herself Joy \/ and I saw Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat dwelt within \/ Whispered me \/ pool here \/ in my depths\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e In a youth-centered society, Phyllis Stowell speaks to the struggles, powers, and wisdoms of aging. Her poetry offers a guide to all, whatever the age, whatever the threshold state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jeanne Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I read Phyllis Stowell's poetry, I am first struck by the beauty of the sound-play-a dimension undervalued by so many contemporary poets. Then by her unflinching confrontation with the theme that must come to the fore for all poets if they live long enough: the confrontation with the Void. Like the great poets of old age-I think particularly of Stevens-Stowell records both the horror and the glimpses of a possible transcendence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alan Williamson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67926506209534,"sku":"9781639801022","price":25.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/8716\/4670\/files\/6XvRSH9Ouo9781639801022.webp?v=1793449906","url":"https:\/\/123learningstore.com\/products\/threshold-state-paperback","provider":"123 Learning Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}