{"product_id":"glass-flowers-diane-fahey-9781922571137","title":"Glass Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGlass Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e, Diane Fahey explores many kinds of space - the enclosed spaces of rooms, galleries, hospital wards, prehistoric caves, the airy, flowing spaces of gardens, the sky's infinite life. The collection is pervaded by a sense of the transformational power of nature and of human creativity (there are many depictions of artists and their works). It foregrounds a search for healing and acceptance - at times in the face of intolerable facts, as in a sequence on the life and tragic death of Leo Seemanpillai, a Tamil refugee to Australia. The title poem is based on paintings by Dena Kahan inspired by the \u003cem\u003eGlass Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach unfurled bloom, each bud, enshrines a Janus-truth: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003esepals, curlicues of varnished air wear and witness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eflux, never-ending illusion, stay in thrall to stillness.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd the long stems seemingly lit form within -\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey too know the touch of sky-shine, the quixotic life of clouds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLet's call it the provisional sublime.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane Fahey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 192257113X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922571137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.32d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diane Fahey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945734799615,"sku":"9781922571137","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_77949ee4-7fd2-4300-9f0d-30e3ddb1caa0.jpg?v=1681509577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/glass-flowers-diane-fahey-9781922571137","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}