{"product_id":"a-gathered-distance-poems-9780995371842","title":"A Gathered Distance: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Gathered Distance\u003c\/em\u003e is a sustained and elegant lyric offering, weaving themes of loss and grief with transformation and beauty, which Chris Wallace-Crabbe describes as \"a most subtle orchestration of loss\". The collection speaks to our shared experiences of connection and separation; the complex dynamics of family and parenthood. In a time of ecological crisis, Mark's work affirms the value of \"lyric resistance\", poetry's mysterious way of making sense of things: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When profound human emotion can recruit the lyric, the personal can become the human, the particular the archetypal. And a collapse of self can become a gathering of distances, a habitat of healing.\" - \u003cem\u003eMark Tredinnick.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the title poem: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"...Be a garden in a city, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And be all the love you've lost. From all the unpropitious \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePieces tending toward a self, cultivate a solitude, harvest half\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA life and make it whole. Gather all your distances, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e father all your orphan fears; hold them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Near, as a father might...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12862508\"\u003eMark Tredinnick\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birdfish Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 6.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995371842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0995371849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAN\"\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAN005070\"\u003eWriting | Poetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE023010\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Death, Grief, Loss\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birdfish Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44590564245741,"sku":"9780995371842","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_357e5bb9-2785-43ea-86e1-a650d2f62b14.jpg?v=1702260792","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/a-gathered-distance-poems-9780995371842","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}