{"product_id":"mike-johnson-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Mike Johnson Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJack Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA meaty and satisfying selection of the work of one of New Zealand's most preeminent and prolific poets, tracing the development of his work from the seventies to today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Johnson is one of New Zealand's most accomplished and inventive writers, at one with the word, its power, its airy fitness and everyday solidities, its resourcefulness, its craft.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiobhan Harvey, Winner of the Kathleen Grattan poetry award, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The immense complexity of human relationships, social, sexual and everyday are at the heart of much of Mike's best poetry. However, there's an almost equal pull towards the empyrean: the cosmic mysteries of nature and the visible world, the beauty of the birds, trees and beaches which surround him in his longtime home-base, Waiheke Island.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Ross, editor of Poetry New Zealand (2014-2019)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Johnson finds] just the right formulation to deliver a descriptive vitalism that is open, alert, tentative, ambulatory, elegant, palpable.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Eggleton, Poet Laureate, 2019-2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779486482720,"sku":"9781991083005","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/64e6222148004ffc7c375ce7d18dc540.webp?v=1780517382","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mike-johnson-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}