{"product_id":"9781925780109","title":"Carol and Ahoy","description":"Author: Simon West\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925780109\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Puncher and Wattmann\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 60 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe backdrop of \u003ci\u003eCarol and Ahoy \u003c\/i\u003eis the Goulburn River and its floodplains around Shepparton. Ancestry and watchful reflection combine seamlessly in these poems, which are always in search of \"what is tactile and particular\", be it a gum tree, an agave or the past. Simon West's fluid, ever-shifting gaze will be familiar to readers of his previous volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWaking on a Summer Morning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI asked if verse were no more than a toy,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethen heard the blackbird's carol and ahoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand the traffic's tidal snare drum sough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey were absolute, these tones, not thought's forgotten setting now,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eas they washed through open windows and the new-found\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003earch of door jambs, and echoed round\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe room's old school of shadows. They were glory\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof music on the mind's cool parquet floor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925042118814,"sku":"ING-9781925780109","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925780109.jpg?v=1782958075","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925780109","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}