{"product_id":"9781925336559","title":"I Love Poetry","description":"Author: Michael Farrell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925336559\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichaelFarrell is the most adventurous andexperimental of contemporary Australianpoets, continually pushing the boundaries of what poetry can do. Highlyregarded for the playful rhythms and comic, gestural qualities of his poetry, his poems set language, syntaxand punctuation in motion. His eye for metaphor and the unexpected combination,for punning and the letter  in both its verbal and visual aspects - gives hispoetry its unique humour and energy. In poems like 'AC\/DC As First Emu Prime Minister', 'Sheep, Golden Syrup, ElizabethBishop', and 'Cate Blanchett And The Difficult Poem', \u003ci\u003eI Love Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e scrambles a landscape ofcolloquial and obscure images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Farrell'scollections include \u003ci\u003eliving at the z\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eode ode\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e Poetry Book of the Year Award), \u003ci\u003eBREAK ME OUCH\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ea raiders guide\u003c\/i\u003e (published by Giramondo in 2008), \u003ci\u003ethempark\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethou sand\u003c\/i\u003e. His second collection with Giramondo, \u003ci\u003eOpen Sesame\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) was shortlisted forthe NSW Premier's Award for Poetry. \u003ci\u003eCocky'sJoy\u003c\/i\u003e (Giramondo 2015) was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's LiteraryAward for Poetry. He was the winner of the 2012 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. Heis the author of a work of literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eWriting Australian Unsettlement: Modes of Poetic Invention 17961945\u003c\/i\u003e(Palgrave Macmillan).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845901140126,"sku":"ADS-9781925336559","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925336559.jpg?v=1781224252","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925336559","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}