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There are echoes of popular culture and the poems dance to the beat of an urban pulse. There are hallucinatory prose poems and sometimes the speaker sounds like an Old Testament prophet disguised as a homeless man, calling down curses on our decadent world. Lost children wave to us from the floor of the ocean. Do they wave in greeting or are they taking their leave? Either way, the reader waves back, the reader wants to dance or say 'Yes ' to these marvelous poems. \u003cb\u003eRichard Garcia, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of Objects\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniel Romo's \u003cb\u003eROMANCING GRAVITY\u003c\/b\u003e is a terrific collection-at once edgy, comical, and big-hearted. I was immediately drawn to his streetwise grit, his luminous vision of urban America. These are poems that swagger, that 'boom boom sound' and leave your ears ringing. \u003cb\u003eDavid Hernandez, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eHoodwinked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniel Romo finds surprising lyricism in school classrooms, TV shows, and yard sales in his southern California neighborhoods. Celebratory, irreverent, and deeply personal, the poems in \u003cb\u003eROMANCING GRAVITY\u003c\/b\u003e capture the quotidian in stunning ways and reveal what keeps us earthbound. \u003cb\u003eMolly Bendall, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003e Under the Quick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50358191849745,"sku":"CIN061580943XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51169955217681,"sku":"NIN9780615809434","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/061580943X.jpg?v=1750911706"},{"product_id":"bum-knees-and-grieving-sunsets-book-daniel-romo-9781953447333","title":"Bum Knees and Grieving Sunsets","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is what the sun would say if it were to take a deep breath while looking down on humanity and then shining a spotlight on its exhalation. It's where we ask if getting older is simply our rite of passage or a record of our passages we write. It's the soundtrack of bones learning to listen to the creak as we move from one part of life into another and the wisdom that can only be obtained through the missteps. This book is the snagged line drive we thought would be a hit and how we handle the next at-bat. This book demands justice and rallies against oppression. This book of poems chronicles the leaps of faith we take, careful not to leave out the landing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51061407547665,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51061410595089,"sku":"NIN9781953447333","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52653681967377,"sku":"NLS9781953447333","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1953447333.jpg?v=1750932816"},{"product_id":"american-manscape-book-daniel-romo-9781957799544","title":"American Manscape","description":"Daniel Romo's American Manscape transforms the myth of the American landscape into something inward and domestic: the emotional terrain of middle age. These poems move through empty nests, tested faith, and the nuance of lived days, guided by Romo's characteristic mix of humor and wit. In one moment he is \"still learning the value of domesticity-how to maximize dishwasher space\"; in another he imagines his soul \"forgotten in the dryer,\" tumbling endlessly through the cycles of ordinary life. What emerges is a portrait of adulthood built from the small rituals that sustain intimacy-shared rides, late-night purchases, lingering doubts, and the quiet grace of forgiveness. Where the American landscape offers polished horizons, American Manscape reveals the more complicated terrain beneath them. These fresh poems reward the reader with the time and tenacity \"to stop and smell the newly bloomed juxtaposes.\"","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":54651202535697,"sku":"NIN9781957799544","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781957799544.jpg?v=1789231295"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-daniel-romo.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}