{"product_id":"myeyzhg","title":"My Eyes, by Z.H. Gill","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-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\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e is 40 17-syllable poems on animals, families, body parts, rollercoasters, stores, milk, dentists, towels, and tombs, together depicting an expiring world bleeding out spiritual noise from every magnificent orifice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZ.H. Gill’s debut chapbook of bastardized-neon haiku\/senryu—inspired equally by Charles Simic, Lucille Clifton, and Frans de Waal—\u003cem\u003eMy Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e is an extremely brief lyric-distillation of a very short millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Z.H. Gill's words, intimate and spare, come straight at you. Refreshing.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Frederick Reuss, author of \u003cem\u003eHorace Afoot\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMohr\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Just as the natural world forces open cracks in the commonplace in this collection, \u003cem\u003eMy Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e offers quick, 17-syllable punctures to your sense of meaning. If you can't get rid of that smell in your apartment, if you drive past daily car crashes on your commute, and\/or if you feel that sunsets have something to tell you, but you can't understand what they're saying, read this collection. I read it three times before writing this, and I'm about to read it again.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Alex Youngman, author of \u003cem\u003eSome Bugs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eI Can't See It Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"To find such allure and ache in such austere form is a rare gift. To find a writer who renders each haiku like a bone bruise is even rarer. Z.H. Gill’s \u003cem\u003eMy Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e leaves you unnerved and stirred, and grateful for every word of it.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Max Tullio, filmmaker and provocateur \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The love child of Rupi Kaur and Colleen Hoover, conceived immaculately on the Kingda Ka, Gill is a quadruple threat: the heart, mind, voice, and smegma of his generation.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Jon Doughboy, writer and literary trickster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZ.H. Gill lives in East Hollywood, CA, with his cat Hans. His writings have appeared in \u003cem\u003eX-R-A-Y\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eApocalypse Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBack Patio Press\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ehex\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eExpat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRejection Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHAD\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTriangle House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMaudlin House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMisery Tourism\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSWAMP\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eForever\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnimal Blood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003etrampset\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHobart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHOMINTERN\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBRUISER\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ethe Staten Islander\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStone Circle Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDON’T SUBMIT!\u003c\/em\u003e and some other fun spots.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Z.H. Gill","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47469757432123,"sku":"MYEYZHG","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47469757464891,"sku":"MYEYZHGe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/eyesfront.png?v=1701895124","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/myeyzhg","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}