{"product_id":"collected-poems-heather-farmer-9780645187304","title":"Collected Poems: A Life in Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eA life in poetry \u003c\/em\u003eis a compilation of poems by Heather Farmer written over a period of fifty years. For better or worse, they are all there, in one volume, including poems originally published in \u003cem\u003eOf Dreams and Discoveries \u003c\/em\u003eand the lyrics of the music album \u003cem\u003ePeaceful Earth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother work was published in March 2015 after more than five years of research and many drafts. \u003cem\u003eThe Longest Decade: A Literary Memoir of the 1940s \u003c\/em\u003ewas Heather Farmer's first published prose work. It was launched at the Cairns Tropical Writers Festival in August 2016 to critical acclaim and is available online. It is also available as a book-club set in the Cairns City Council libraries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather collaborated with Steve Parish to produce \u003cem\u003eOf Dreams and Discoveries, \u003c\/em\u003e a series of connected poems telling the story of a life illustrated with Steve's nature photographs. The first edition was published in 1979 and a second edition was published fifteen years later in 1994 by Steve Parish Publishing. Both editions were successful, with thousands of copies sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003elyrics for\u003cem\u003e Peaceful Earth \u003c\/em\u003ewere originally written in 1996, the music composed by Bruce Vickery and Len E Johnson and the songs sung by Carolyn Ferrie. Originally produced as a DVD, it is now available online on forty music sites including Amazon, Apple, YouTube, Spotify etc. Search Farmer Ferrie Johnson Vickery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather continues to write-and perform-poetry, short stories and young adult fiction. She is a long-standing member of Tropical Writers Inc. in Cairns in Far North Queensland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Farmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645187305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645187304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Farmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Heather Farmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473831149823,"sku":"9780645187304","price":15.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e788717-1a29-4d22-b9ea-8294b329aeca.jpg?v=1762313204","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collected-poems-heather-farmer-9780645187304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}