{"product_id":"defensible-spaces","title":"Defensible Spaces","description":"Now that I’m 80, my life has very few pleasures. One is discovering new whiskeys. A friend just introduced me to Blue Note Honey Rye Cask. Crafted in Memphis, Tennessee, this bourbon is aged in American oak barrels, from which it emerges after three years with bold spicy notes and flavors of wildflower honey blended to a sweet, smooth harmony. Another is discovering new poets. I recently discovered M.F. Drummy, whose poetry reminds me of that whiskey. Like a talented jazz pianist with an ear for the blue notes, Drummy skillfully balances the major and minor keys, the fast tempos and the slow ones, the joys of life and life’s heartaches. William Carlos Williams once said, “If it ain’t a pleasure, it ain’t a poem.” There are fifty-four poems in Defensible Spaces, and every one of them is a pleasure to be sipped and savored.\n\n—J.R. Solonche,National Book Award nominee for Selected Poems: 2002–2021\n\nThe elegant syllables of M.F. Drummy’s Defensible Spaces remind us that the rewards of paying attention include insight and art. Poem by poem and line by line, reading this book fills me with astonishment and gratitude. Drummy’s gorgeous, poignant work, both elegiac and deeply funny, makes one feel a little less alone.\n\n—Aaron Anstett, author, This Way to the Grand As-Is\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0H4LZ3VF3\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0H4LZ3VF3.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Drummy, M F\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43713558183997,"sku":"BVV.B0H4LZ3VF3.VG","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0H4LZ3VF3-0.jpg?v=1790284326","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/defensible-spaces","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}