{"product_id":"a-west-coast-psalter-maggie-mackay-9781952326882","title":"A West Coast Psalter","description":"Maggie Mackay takes the reader on journeys, where everything takes its place with magic and mystery, whether in\u003ci\u003e Ceasg's Ghazal, \u003c\/i\u003e a mermaid of Scottish folklore, or the 'girlie-girls' on a bus, to Humphry Davy finding pleasure in inhaling nitrous oxide gas. In this marvellous cabinet-of-curiosities of a collection, there is a polecat as mother 'wielding an iron, as a wife might, pressing office-shirts' or shepherds with 'sea salt in their beards', as the poet inhabits the skins of the strangest of creatures. Here is a poet writing with a wild music, with energy and passion, in a sensuous and entertaining celebration of a book. \u003cp\u003eDeborah Alma, poet, founder, The Poetry Pharmacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as the opening image's sheets balloon \"like tides, like sails\", these poems transport the reader across the world and through history, inviting us into childhood memories, wonder-filled glimpses of nature and the knack of many trades and crafts. The lines are alive with breath-taking imagery, atmospheric tones and beautiful, joyous and energetic, yet controlled, sounds and emotions. Like the suitcase in 'Sisters' Song', Mackay's poetry \"brims with stories\/ and cotton, needles and threads\" that invite us to \"keek around the door into dawn's blether\". \"Waves on waves linger beyond the curved earth\", and the narrative arcs and striking gathering of poems in this rich selection. \u003ci\u003eA West Coast Psalter\u003c\/i\u003e is a fabulous debut collection and a distinctive, unforgettable read.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eS.A.Leavesley, editor, V Press\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA West Coast Psalter \u003c\/i\u003eis one of those magical collections in which the personal and the geographical combine seamlessly to create a clear, striking narrative of home. There are women here who climb up from their own history, over the rocks and waves of their ancestral landscape, speaking with the rhythms of their past to seize their future. These are crafted, careful, evocative poems in which Mackay brings the full weight of her skill as a poet. Throughout this collection a sense of being rooted wrestles with the desire to fly away and in the middle of it all: home, hearth, the warmth of kith and kin against the cold night. This is a collection I will return to. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wendy Pratt, poet, freelance writer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie MacKay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952326885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952326882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggie MacKay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486499549439,"sku":"9781952326882","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b719f22-d273-4dd5-87c9-17100bf855e6.jpg?v=1778055717","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-west-coast-psalter-maggie-mackay-9781952326882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}