{"product_id":"orient-book-gillian-wigmore-9781926829920","title":"orient","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrient\u003c\/i\u003e is the third collection from one of Western Canada's most accomplished poets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComposed mainly of three long poems--an extended meditation on the connection between man and fish, the lament of a big-souled cowboy poet looking up from rock bottom, and a historical envisioning of an intimate relationship between a pioneer and a powerful crone--\u003ci\u003eOrient\u003c\/i\u003e leaps, sings, burrows down, and orients the reader within its rich ecosystem. The appeal of these poems lies partly in their blend of humility (the open-minded approach), in their force (the taut style, the original vision) and in an astonishing boldness. Wigmore is a \"poet of place\" in the best sense: \"about the big picture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I had a job and then I didn't\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebut once I spoke a tavern sermon\u003cbr\u003e that came to me in darkness\u003cbr\u003e and men I knew who crossed the street\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewho shunned me in daylight\u003cbr\u003e they wept\u003cbr\u003e and that's something\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--from \"tavern\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":67615451382033,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":67615452365073,"sku":"NLS9781926829920","price":34.09,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781926829920.jpg?v=1790905965","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/orient-book-gillian-wigmore-9781926829920","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}