{"product_id":"the-flower-the-thing-margie-cronin-9780702235566","title":"The Flower, the Thing","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Winner of the 2005 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is a goblet of lichen\u003cbr\u003efor the sun to feed from\u003cbr\u003eand a single wild iris\u003cbr\u003ewith a mind so old\u003cbr\u003ethat it came before invention\u003cbr\u003eIts condition is perfect\u003cbr\u003eIt rests perfectly between\u003cbr\u003eour hands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- from \"Wild Iris\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMTC Cronin's poems - expansive and intimate, dynamic and reflective - blaze with electrifying vision. Writing with honesty and wit, grace, and the courage to strip away illusions, she explores surfaces, interiors, myths and mysteries through a kaleidoscope of flowers - dandelions, impatiens, roses, azaleas, flowers real and imagined. Suffused with awe and wonder, these poems unveil 'urgently, now, before us, the flower, the thing'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margie Cronin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0702235563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780702235566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Queensland Pr (Australia)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.73h x 5.15w x 0.39d","brand":"Margie Cronin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483638509823,"sku":"9780702235566","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c45a8cc7-9575-4f3b-9539-c3fe7e37e9f8.jpg?v=1778039698","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-flower-the-thing-margie-cronin-9780702235566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}