{"product_id":"sunset-gun-isbn-9780593685402","title":"Sunset Gun","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow available as a stand-alone edition, the famous humorist’s second collection of poetry ranges from lighthearted self-deprecation to gleefully acid-tongued satire and dark comedy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the Jazz Age’s most beloved poets, Dorothy Parker earned her reputation as the wittiest woman in America with her popular light verse, which was regularly published in \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Her debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eEnough Rope\u003c\/i\u003e, was a runaway bestseller, and she followed it up in 1928 with the equally delightful collection \u003ci\u003eSunset Gun. \u003c\/i\u003eThe poems gathered here range from barbed satires to light-hearted laments, all laced with Parker’s unmistakable sense of humor, one that manages to be both cynical and sparkling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThought for a Sunshiny Morning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt costs me never a stab nor squirm\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo tread by chance upon a worm.\u003cbr\u003e“Aha, my little dear,” I say,\u003cbr\u003e“Your clan will pay me back some day.”\u003cb\u003eDOROTHY PARKER\u003c\/b\u003e (1893–1967) was born in New Jersey and grew up in New York. In 1916 she sold some poems to \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and was given a job at the magazine writing captions for fashion photographs and drawings. Parker went on to become a drama critic at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003eand the central figure of the celebrated Algonquin Round Table. Famous for her spoken wit, she showed the same satiric gift in her book reviews for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e and in her celebrated poems and stories.\u003cb\u003eGodmother\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe day that I was christened—\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a hundred years, and more!—\u003cbr\u003eA hag came and listened\u003cbr\u003eAt the white church door,\u003cbr\u003eA-hearing her that bore me\u003cbr\u003eAnd all my kith and kin\u003cbr\u003eConsiderately, for me,\u003cbr\u003eRenouncing sin.\u003cbr\u003eWhile some gave me corals,\u003cbr\u003eAnd some gave me gold,\u003cbr\u003eAnd porringers, with morals\u003cbr\u003eAgreeably scrolled,\u003cbr\u003eThe hag stood, buckled\u003cbr\u003eIn a dim gray cloak;\u003cbr\u003eStood there and chuckled,\u003cbr\u003eSpat, and spoke:\u003cbr\u003e“There’s few enough in life’ll\u003cbr\u003eBe needing my help,\u003cbr\u003eBut I’ve got a trifle\u003cbr\u003eFor your fine young whelp.\u003cbr\u003eI give her sadness,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the gift of pain,\u003cbr\u003eThe new-moon madness,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the love of rain.”\u003cbr\u003eAnd little good to lave me\u003cbr\u003eIn their holy silver bowl\u003cbr\u003eAfter what she gave me—\u003cbr\u003eRest her soul!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePartial Comfort\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhose love is given over-well\u003cbr\u003eShall look on Helen’s face in hell,\u003cbr\u003eWhilst they whose love is thin and wise\u003cbr\u003eMay view John Knox in paradise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Red Dress\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI always saw, I always said\u003cbr\u003eIf I were grown and free,\u003cbr\u003eI’d have a gown of reddest red\u003cbr\u003eAs fine as you could see,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo wear out walking, sleek and slow,\u003cbr\u003eUpon a Summer day,\u003cbr\u003eAnd there’d be one to see me so,\u003cbr\u003eAnd flip the world away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd he would be a gallant one,\u003cbr\u003eWith stars behind his eyes,\u003cbr\u003eAnd hair like metal in the sun,\u003cbr\u003eAnd lips too warm for lies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI always saw us, gay and good,\u003cbr\u003eHigh honored in the town.\u003cbr\u003eNow I am grown to womanhood. . . . \u003cbr\u003eI have the silly gown.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303927992549,"sku":"NP9780593685402","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593685402.jpg?v=1767737541","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/sunset-gun-isbn-9780593685402","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}