{"id":715,"date":"2024-02-21T14:20:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rainmountainpress.com\/wordpress\/?post_type=product&#038;p=715"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:17:46","slug":"blitzkrieg","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/rainmountainpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/blitzkrieg","title":{"rendered":"Blitzkrieg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>by John Gosslee<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#tab_container_714 {\r\n\toverflow:hidden;\r\n\tdisplay:block;\r\n\twidth:100%;\r\n\tborder:0px solid #ddd;\r\n\tmargin-bottom:30px;\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n#tab_container_714 .tab-content{\r\n\tpadding:20px;\r\n\tborder: 1px solid #e6e2cc !important;\r\n\tmargin-top: 0px;\r\n\tbackground-color:#fffbe5 !important;\r\n\tcolor: #000000 !important;\r\n\tfont-size:16px !important;\r\n\tfont-family: Open Sans !important;\r\n\t\r\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #e6e2cc !important;\r\n\t}\r\n#tab_container_714 .wpsm_nav-tabs {\r\n    border-bottom: 0px solid #ddd;\r\n}\r\n#tab_container_714 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a, #tab_container_714 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a:hover, #tab_container_714 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a:focus {\r\n\tcolor: #000000 !important;\r\n\tcursor: default;\r\n\tbackground-color: #fffbe5 !important;\r\n\tborder: 1px solid #e6e2cc !important;\r\n}\r\n\r\n#tab_container_714 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li > a {\r\n    margin-right: 0px !important; 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The non-narrative style of the sequence was inspired by the life-changing poem \u201cPortrait of an Inner Life.\u201d Dedicated to the growth of \u201cPortrait of an Inner Life,\u201d the second chapter of\u00a0<em>Blitzkrieg<\/em>\u00a0chronicles the poem\u2019s painstaking creation, initial rejection, national publication and international acceptance. Concluding with a four panel illustration of the poem by cartoonist Yumi Sakugawa, a three panel painting of the poem by Scott Kirschner and photographs of the poem on stickers in major cities as public art\u00a0<em>Blitzkrieg<\/em>\u00a0is the embodiment of a non-traditional book.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>John Gosslee<\/b> is the editor of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fjordsreview.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Fjords Review<\/a>. His first book\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johngosslee.com\/\"><em>12: Sonnets for the Zodiac<\/em><\/a> (Gival, 2013) was nominated for the National Book Critic\u2019s Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. He rides a motorcycle almost every day of the year and lives in Virginia at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs_desc_714_2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<P><strong>A Water Can Sprays a Flowerbed City<\/strong><BR>\r\n<BR>\r\noutside of the train station<BR>\r\nit rains like god is ringing out a towel<BR>\r\nthe ticket holders bloom umbrellas<BR>\r\ndrops of water splash into little corsages<BR>\r\nI inhale and float up as if a balloon<BR>\r\nmismatched flowers pivot on their stems to see<BR>\r\nas I ascend my empty boots fill with cold soup<BR>\r\nsomeone\u2019s shoulder snickers against my wet right foot<BR>\r\na woman yells, you can\u2019t do that!<BR>\r\nshe lunges to pluck me down and catches air<\/P>\r\n\r\n<hr>\r\n\r\n<P style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Excerpt from chapter \u201cMigration of Portrait of an Inner Life\u201d<\/STRONG><BR>\r\n<BR>\r\nI said, \u201cIt\u2019s in the drink or you can have it.\u201d She replied, \u201cReally? really? I can have it?!\u201d I let go of the green bottle with an orange ribbon coming off the maroon waxed top, and she cradled it and smiled. \u201cI\u2019m going to put this on my desk!\u201d she said. I told everyone that the evening was magnificent and walked to my car. 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