{"product_id":"beware-the-cheshire-cat-jason-horsler-9798324489458","title":"Beware The Cheshire Cat: The non-religious poetry of Jason Horsler","description":"If he is not reminscing about his adventurous childhood in Africa, Jason Horsler is going deep in didactic thought and challenge or light and lovely in romance. His love for brevity, humour, image and excellent rhyme, as well as his desire to avoid cliche and morbid themes give his poems an instant classical apeal along the lines of Frost, Blake, Owen, Shelly, Patten, Housman, Hughes and Wordsworth. His own enjoyment in the writing process is delightfully tangible and well translated to the reader. Every poem stands up off the page and demands another read through. This is a great collection of 187 poems to ponder, to share, to read out loud, to study, to be inspired by - written over thirty years and now at last gathered into a non-relgious anthology. With intriguing titles and a broad range of themes there is something here for everyone.\u003cbr\u003eJason's Christian poetry has likewise been gathered into a separate anthology: The Teaching Of The Quail and is well worth checking out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a taster - here is the poem the book title is based upon: BEWARE THE CHESHIRE CAT \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeware the Cheshire cat\u003cbr\u003ewhose advice is here or there\u003cbr\u003eand says there are just two paths -\u003cbr\u003eagain I say beware.\u003cbr\u003eCarroll had it right\u003cbr\u003eas he wrote behind that grin: \u003cbr\u003eAlice could also stay put\u003cbr\u003eor go back to her begin.\u003cbr\u003eShe ate the cake to grow big\u003cbr\u003eand drank potion to be small, \u003cbr\u003eyet there was always the third way -\u003cbr\u003enot to eat or drink at all.\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the looking glass\u003cbr\u003eand down the rabbit hole, \u003cbr\u003ea heartless queen asks questions -\u003cbr\u003eany answer and heads roll.\u003cbr\u003eWatch out for false dichotomy\u003cbr\u003eand the choice that does not matter\u003cbr\u003eor you'll be writing on a raven's desk\u003cbr\u003eto answer the Mad Hatter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Horsler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798324489458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Jason Horsler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066495447295,"sku":"9798324489458","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85079c5b-674a-44a0-807c-0325d6d13c83.jpg?v=1768678803","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beware-the-cheshire-cat-jason-horsler-9798324489458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}