{"product_id":"9781804322802-wintersong","title":"Wintersong","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoems for our times and occasions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems were written in a disturbing and troubling context – an emotional time of absence and loss which also proved to be an opportunity to search and remember. Out of the shadows, the darkness, and often the injustice, the need to lament and mourn goes hand in hand with the special significance of small moments and ordinary occasions.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo the poems attempt to express the poet’s calling and the value of poetry and creativity as they contemplate moments of loss and joy, both in my own life and in the lives of others near and far. And above all else \u003cem\u003eWintersong\u003c\/em\u003e is a book with a longing to keep hope alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore than human wisdom,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003elooking is the poet’s charge:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eto mark and mourn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edeath and loss;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eto not let things go by\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eunnoticed; to respond\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eto the daily miracles, the music\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eof wind in the trees,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eacross stones, in the grass,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe shimmer of the willow –\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ehow I see your face\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ein the darkness of absence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(‘From within the dark times’)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40690458755169,"sku":"9781804322802","price":11.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27400051.jpg?v=1721741890","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804322802-wintersong","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}