{"product_id":"the-widows-crayon-box-poems","title":"The Widow's Crayon Box: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Peacock works her trademark lyrical magic.” ―Alex Gurtis, Rain Taxi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book-length sequence of poems that dares to affirm the vast variety of emotional colors in loss and rejuvenation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her husband’s death, Molly Peacock realized she was not living the received idea of a widow’s mauve existence but instead was experiencing life in all colors. These gorgeous poems―joyful, furious, mournful, bewildered, sexy, devastated, whimsical and above all, moving―composed in sonnet sequences and in open forms, designed in four movements (After, Before, When, and Afterglow)―illuminate both the role of the caregiver and the crystalline emotions one can experience after the death of a cherished partner. With her characteristic virtuosity, her fearless willingness to confront even the most difficult emotions, and always with buoyancy and zest, Peacock charts widowhood in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom “Touched:”\u003cbr\u003eAfter you died, I felt you next to me,\u003cbr\u003eand over months you entered gradually\u003cbr\u003einto that lake and disappeared. Not gone,\u003cbr\u003ebut so internalized you’re not next to me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54057564635411,"sku":"9781324130680","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/1652\/7891\/files\/9781324130680.jpg?v=1776370685","url":"https:\/\/www.monsterasbooks.com\/products\/the-widows-crayon-box-poems","provider":"Monstera's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}