{"product_id":"spirit-eyes-maurice-whelan-9781760412883","title":"Spirit Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 'Mount Cargill', a poem in Maurice Whelan's book \u003cem\u003eExcalibur's Return\u003c\/em\u003e, he described running up Mount Cargill in New Zealand with Richard O'Neill-Dean, to whom that volume was dedicated. Richard responded to Maurice's latest collection, \u003cem\u003eSpirit Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e, with a poem of his own, after discussing how Maurice sets about crafting a poem and the importance he attaches to a central thought or idea upon which the poem is constructed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipwright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efor Maurice Whelan, poet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe might look out the odd plank, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elet it season slowly, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecovered from the rain, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eso that frames, ribs, stringers, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ein the imagination, slowly form, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe particular twist or warp or grain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof a thought\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efavouring the idea of a hull, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esensitive to wind and wave, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto keep out storms, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto manage strains.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut, beyond all, the keelson, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emassive, strong, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eit must permit of no bend, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etake long keel-bolts, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003egoing down through heartwood, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto fasten the lead weight\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof a real thought, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emany tons, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto keep a good poem upright, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand carrying on, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etied in tight, to bind\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eall between the sweet lines\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof its stem and stern, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto make a fine entry, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto set its wake\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eupon the oceans\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof the mind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Whelan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760412880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760412883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ginninderra Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.13d","brand":"Maurice Whelan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486002000127,"sku":"9781760412883","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99263cf0-ee2c-4635-a489-2c0a205ad3a7.jpg?v=1778053011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spirit-eyes-maurice-whelan-9781760412883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}