{"product_id":"brushstrokes-kate-rose-9781906852627","title":"Brushstrokes: 30 Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eKate Rose's poetry is influenced by rural south-west France, where she has lived for the past 10 years. She finds the countryside a place of contrasts: of loneliness, death and destruction but also of kindness and hope. The desperate protagonists in '\u003cem\u003eGolden Cow'\u003c\/em\u003e, who fail to provide comfort to the mother of the dead calf. The cabbage whites and ryegrass in '\u003cem\u003eDisappearance'\u003c\/em\u003e are discordant with the despair of the tractor driver. Yet the neighbour in '\u003cem\u003eBelow the mountains'\u003c\/em\u003e, despite hardships, provides hope in her gift of cheese; the walker in '\u003cem\u003eVoice' \u003c\/em\u003erekindles a precious friendship she thought long gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate uses seascapes, cities, the countryside as the settings for her poems. Her descriptions use few words, yet enable the clear visualisation of the woods, seasons, light, the colour of the sea. It is in these places that she explores her key themes. In the ghostly '\u003cem\u003eTransient'\u003c\/em\u003e, shadows play tricks on the mind. Trauma is personified in '\u003cem\u003eShadow'\u003c\/em\u003e as it stalks the narrator. Kate explores estranged families in '\u003cem\u003eBloods ties'\u003c\/em\u003e and '\u003cem\u003eBeing Fred'\u003c\/em\u003e, contrasting the cruelty of one boy with the new consciousness of the other, both poems filmic in their images. In '\u003cem\u003eWhen it's time to go'\u003c\/em\u003e, she uses a walk in the woods to explore loneliness and loss. In '\u003cem\u003eFortified'\u003c\/em\u003e she distinguishes between the damp of Leeds and an amber bay, to reveal the longing of a lonely traveller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImages and sensory details permeate her work. In '\u003cem\u003eGarlic and Roast Tomatoes', \u003c\/em\u003e the football thumping against the ancient walls of Santa Croce in Florence provides a sense of normality and light to the lovers in the cold church. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet in the darkest of places, we find hope. The snowberries revitalising a love affair in '\u003cem\u003ePropagating'\u003c\/em\u003e. Her tender poem '\u003cem\u003eStudy\u003c\/em\u003e' showing us a young daughter's observations of her father's anxiety. The children's singing in '\u003cem\u003eAftermath'\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Kate's poems forces readers to confront the very nature of their being. Memories, broken dreams, abandoned plans which they might choose to forget in their busy lives. Yet here she gently and persuasively helps her readers to reconnect the positives of their past to shape their futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1906852626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781906852627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mosaique Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.11d","brand":"Kate Rose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057629360383,"sku":"9781906852627","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d3142ca-efb3-4d84-ad5b-7cd8124c968c.jpg?v=1685048057","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brushstrokes-kate-rose-9781906852627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}