{"product_id":"just-so-you-know","title":"Just So You Know","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdmund Conti\u003c\/strong\u003e has had the usual 500 or so poems published in the usual places (assuming \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e are not the usual places). He started off writing light verse and stopped, not because he became world-weary, but editor-weary, editors who were quick to say “if it rhymes we don’t want it.” So Edmund reverted to free verse, free in his case being the freedom to rhyme when he chose to and scan when it pleased him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConti won the Willard Espy Prize for Light Verse in 2001 and can’t seem to forget that.  He is still spending the thousand dollars that came with it. He also won the more forgettable Ruby Muse prize ($15). He has recent acceptances from \u003cem\u003eLight, Lighten-up Online, Asses of Parnassus, new verse news, Rotary Dial\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVerse-Virtual.\u003c\/em\u003e He also invented a word game, “Bananagrams” (anagrams to drive you bananas) that ran for a while in \u003cem\u003eWord Ways\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGames Magazine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\nPaperback: 44 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (August 17, 2018)","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026009571527,"sku":"ggz1787286661396","price":9.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/7923\/3735\/files\/just-so-you-know_1.jpg?v=1787286666","url":"https:\/\/nextstylefashion.shop\/products\/just-so-you-know","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}