{"product_id":"wanting-the-day-brian-bartlett-9780864923578","title":"Wanting the Day: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the late 1980s, Bartlett has become one of Canada's leading poets, and the time is ripe for volume of his best work. For \u003ci\u003eWanting the Day: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, he has chosen the most dramatic poems from six earlier volumes. From the beginning of his career, Brian Bartlett's poetry has been refined and sensual, far-reaching and grounded.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this new collection, Bartlett's vision is distilled, and new combinations throw the insights of three decades into high relief. With a passion for the physical rooted in the spiritual, his poems combine seemingly discordant ideas and facts with emotion in a minimum of narrative space. Whether writing about a jazz drummer or a foot-doctor, a run-down hotel or an Adirondack mountain, his gift for language and insight brings into the reader's consciousness visions never before seen, thoughts and feelings never before recognized.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFavourites in the collection include \"Cousin Gifts,\" a small-scale, large-spirited Christmas poem; the sequence \"Underwater Carpentry,\" winner of a \u003ci\u003eMalahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e Long Poem prize; and \"Foot-doctor for the Homeless,\" winner of the Petra Kenney Award competition. \u003ci\u003eWanting the Day\u003c\/i\u003e has been published simultaneously in the UK by Peterloo Poets Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Bartlett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0864923570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780864923578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.54w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2003 pg. 39","brand":"Brian Bartlett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483731669247,"sku":"9780864923578","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b4fe29c-a2f3-4024-a922-1dc0ebdfb0ac.jpg?v=1778040291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wanting-the-day-brian-bartlett-9780864923578","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}