{"product_id":"xxv-poems","title":"XXV Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Sylvan Lionni\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Wry Press (2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eXXV Poems\u003c\/em\u003e collects of series of works by painter Sylvan Lionni begun in 2022, in which he utilizes the form of the quatrain to make a suite of constraint-based minimalist text-pieces. Created entirely from readymade brand name \u0026amp; media logotypes set in various rhyme-scheme permutations, these poems hilariously (\u0026amp; somewhat sickeningly) peer into the detritus of late-stage capitalism. You can think of these “poems” as as a form of negative dialectics perhaps, or even circles that have been hammered into squares; images \u0026amp; words that seem as far removed from “poetry” as you could imagine, yet somehow, against all odds, functioning exactly as such. Like with all true poetry, hopefully every single time you read it you’ll not be sure if you should laugh, or if you should cry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wry Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174918221923,"sku":"0512202604","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/xxvpoems.jpg?v=1778618246","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/xxv-poems","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}