{"product_id":"lifting-the-latch-9781788640114","title":"Lifting the Latch","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinely honed, thoughtful and affecting, \u003cb\u003eFrank Dullaghan\u003c\/b\u003e's accessible poetry is increasingly assured and poised. His language is clear and elegant, but the apparent simplicity contains a depth of experience that these these poems memorable. Digging deep into memory, but eschewing sentimentality, Frank Dullaghan's poetry is insightful, poignant, but ultimately life-affirming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcerpt from: 'The Day of the Robin' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDundalk 1966\u003cbr\u003eI grew to understand it often rained\u003cbr\u003einside my father's head, that sometimes\u003cbr\u003ehe went under, drowned.\u003cbr\u003eBut that day he put out his hand\u003cbr\u003eand the robin came to him, a small flutter\u003cbr\u003eof surprise from the close bush. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for previous collections: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Frank Dullaghan's quietly spoken poems move between tenderness and terror with a humane warmth ... The language follows and embraces a wide range of affairs, touching on loved, known and dangerous things - the texture of experience - lightly, unfussily, with a lovely ear for the plain cadence that is, for most of us, the sweet-sad music of being alive.\" George Szirtes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4703967\"\u003eFrank Dullaghan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cinnamon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788640114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178864011X\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-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cinnamon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44575018025197,"sku":"9781788640114","price":20.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_cc672b1f-5817-4e89-8b03-f3911b66b815.jpg?v=1701991920","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/lifting-the-latch-9781788640114","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}