{"product_id":"9781448163229","title":"Testament","description":"To make a testament is to attempt to pass on what matters most. In his seventh full-length collection of poems Robert Crawford writes of love, loss, belief, and commitment. Whether in intimate erotic lyrics or in a sustained engagement with the politics of Scottish independence he writes with passion, wit, and assurance about struggles to pass on values and treasures. The book opens with a sequence of love poems, and closes with ‘Testament’, a startlingly fresh gathering of deftly rhymed paraphrases based on the New Testament. Whether making versions of Cavafy or elegising fellow poet Mick Imlah, or writing how a father hands on a piece of marble to his son, Robert Crawford shows in \u003ci\u003eTestament \u003c\/i\u003ehow poetry can communicate from generation to generation aspects of what makes us most vulnerably and engagingly human.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128383783152,"sku":"9781448163229","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448163229_p0.jpg?v=1763829742","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448163229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}