{"product_id":"9781922571281","title":"Journal of the First Step","description":"Author: Michael Heald\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922571281\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Puncher and Wattmann\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 70\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems seek to evoke the often subtle yet ultimately profound shifts in awareness which occur during meditation and in daily life, as the non-dual perspective enables a seeing through, or past, the formulations of experience which a dualistic mind-set presents. And they reflect on both the personal and the societal implications which attend such changes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'...in these days of look-alike poetry from so many younger poets, a 'new' poet's...collection which has a singular, individual feeling for the world comes as a jolt...Heald's work...is spare, precise, elegant and utterly his own.'  Martin Harrison, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, June 1999. [re \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBody-flame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e] \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Heald has written his way into the front rank of contemporary poets with consistent integrity and intelligence.' - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudges' Comments, Queensland Premier's Prize, Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection, 2005 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e[re \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFocusing Saturn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e] \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a remarkable and original book...a daring and triumphant project...[Heald has written] poems of great clarity and subtlety, classically direct poems...' - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Gray, foreword to The Moving World.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861506150558,"sku":"ADS-9781922571281","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922571281.jpg?v=1779253174","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922571281","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}