{"product_id":"returning-channels-tim-brenan-9781467890625","title":"Returning Channels","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Returning Channels' are water, words and wires. They flow shaping coasts, cities and people, occasionally for the better. They wash, they drop, they gather and sometimes they just drift.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLandscapes glimpsed include the concrete, the granite and the crumbling. Devon, Gwynedd, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Oswestry ... all combine with stranger sources. The poems could be about getting old, getting bored or just getting there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Poetry is like any other distillation process. It depends upon the quality of the ingredients, the precision of the still, the maturity of the oaken casks, and the craft of the maker. The outcome can be the deep aroma of an Islay malt or an unpleasant poisoning. I hope 'Returning Channels' is a bit of both.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom philosopher emperors on the train to a little known emperor of the wing, with just a mention of a taxidermy museum, much ground is covered in this book. It is a first collection from a poet specialising in the obscure, the incoherent, and the personal (not to mention the shallow).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Brenan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467890626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467890625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d","brand":"Tim Brenan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458542842111,"sku":"9781467890625","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0185a103-ae86-4265-90b2-91df4ebdbcda.jpg?v=1777405087","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/returning-channels-tim-brenan-9781467890625","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}