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Photographer Jerod Foster and poet John Poch praise and wonder along these varied waterways and across the landscapes they host. The result is communion--a synergy of imagery in story and story in imagery, finding unexpected form, depths, and meaning much as rivers themselves are honed in the pull of gravity and texture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377974280415,"sku":"9781682830383","price":37.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/jymmROI0tV9781682830383.webp?v=1789243719"},{"product_id":"the-future-of-love-hardcover","title":"The Future of Love - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Poch's eighth collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Future of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis comprised of poems written over the past twenty years, rooted in and inspired by the landscape of Spain, Federico García Lorca's surrealism, and Pablo Neruda's \u003cem\u003eeros\u003c\/em\u003e. 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The influence of Plath, Lowell, and Merwin are apparent, yet the playful rhythms and sonic qualities of phrasings harken back a little farther to the intensity of Hart Crane and Gerard Manley Hopkins. 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