{"product_id":"mike-johnson-selected-poems-mike-johnson-9781991083005","title":"Mike Johnson Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA meaty and satisfying selection of the work of one of New Zealand's most preeminent and prolific poets, tracing the development of his work from the seventies to today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Johnson is one of New Zealand's most accomplished and inventive writers, at one with the word, its power, its airy fitness and everyday solidities, its resourcefulness, its craft.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiobhan Harvey, Winner of the Kathleen Grattan poetry award, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The immense complexity of human relationships, social, sexual and everyday are at the heart of much of Mike's best poetry. However, there's an almost equal pull towards the empyrean: the cosmic mysteries of nature and the visible world, the beauty of the birds, trees and beaches which surround him in his longtime home-base, Waiheke Island.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Ross, editor of Poetry New Zealand (2014-2019)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Johnson finds] just the right formulation to deliver a descriptive vitalism that is open, alert, tentative, ambulatory, elegant, palpable.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Eggleton, Poet Laureate, 2019-2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1991083009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781991083005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lasavia Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.48d","brand":"Mike Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756937212159,"sku":"9781991083005","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df56fa87-b8ea-4d0e-9ee8-995e5b9f3d35.jpg?v=1706594187","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mike-johnson-selected-poems-mike-johnson-9781991083005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}