{"product_id":"carol-and-ahoy-paperback","title":"Carol and Ahoy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon West\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe backdrop of \u003cem\u003eCarol and Ahoy\u003c\/em\u003e is 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\u003cstrong\u003eWaking on a Summer Morning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI asked if verse were no more than a toy, \u003cbr\u003e then heard the blackbirds carol and ahoy\u003cbr\u003e and the traffic's tidal snare drum sough.\u003cbr\u003e They were absolute, these tones, not thought's forgotten setting now, \u003cbr\u003e as they washed through open windows and the new-found\u003cbr\u003e arch of door jambs, and echoed round\u003cbr\u003e the room's old school of shadows. They were glory\u003cbr\u003e of music on the mind's cool parquet floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Simon West is the author of three collections of poetry and an edition of the Italian poet Guido Cavalcanti. He is represented in anthologies including \u003cem\u003eThirty Australian Poets\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYoung Poets: An Australian Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eContemporary Australian Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52702150787379,"sku":"9781925780109","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/g4I7hxTCsM9781925780109.webp?v=1763294200","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/carol-and-ahoy-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}