{"product_id":"absemg","title":"Absence On Water, by Michael Grodesky","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 36 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAbsence On Water\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Grodesky beautifully crafts elements of lyric and description in an expressive syntax that explores dialectics such as absence and presence. The poems consider how the absence of one thing may reveal the presence of another, in much the way silence is needed for the creation of sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe poems are grounded in minimalism as a world view and reflect a voice that is shaped by the use of space and silence. Readers may experience an interesting tension between quiet diction and intense images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe collection is centered around topics which are intensely human and gently address strong emotions that touch issues such as suicide and bullying, as well as family issues of loss and the emergence of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eMichael Grodesky is a poet and photographer whose poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003eCathexis Northwest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlazeVOX\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStepping Stones\u003c\/em\u003e and others. His work has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eUrban Textures\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of photography and poetry published with his husband, photographer Jim Simandl. In 2021, he self-published his first chapbook \u003cem\u003eDissimilation\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Seattle where he is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Grodesky","offers":[{"title":"Print Chapbook","offer_id":50964034126139,"sku":"ABSEMG","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50964034158907,"sku":"ABSEMGe","price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/absencefront_f77b2006-5c77-41fa-a579-7026ebf60389.png?v=1770598533","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/absemg","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}