{"product_id":"grave-park-poesy-joseph-matose-9781914287237","title":"Grave Park Poesy","description":"In this collection, Joseph Matose asks how the world of the living is seen and remembered by those who have died. To answer his question, he presents a range of voices - glad and sorrowful, expectant and frustrated, truthful and untruthful, lascivious, gossipy, dreamlike, ironic, cynical, moral, religious, and even claiming to be wise - purporting to come from the residents of graveyards. Between them, they paint a picture of human affairs they can observe, imagine or remember but - crucially - can no longer take part in or influence. A world in which, although letters and words - the poet's own tools - must be prized, they also represent the medium of lies and inaccuracies preserved on gravestones or uttered by those left behind. A world where widows and widowers too-readily relinquish faithfulness and devotion, politicians are not to be trusted, and men commit violence on wives. Nevertheless, through all these voices an overall message of hope can - just about - be heard: the poems also cite much that is to be appreciated in human life and human affairs, and end with a heartfelt celebration of the greatness of Nelson Mandela.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Phil Vernon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Matose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914287231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914287237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carnelian Heart Publishing Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Joseph Matose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069996331263,"sku":"9781914287237","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a22e40a-a07c-4093-a6a7-dea045994173.jpg?v=1685427735","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grave-park-poesy-joseph-matose-9781914287237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}