{"product_id":"9781482892390","title":"First Harvest: Collected Poems, 2003-2013","description":"First Harvest is the culmination of ten years of work, presenting verses that were madly scribbled down in cafes during lunch breaks, from the flashing windows of commuter trains, or while walking the streets of Tokyo at midnight. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this, his first collection of poetry, poet Mat Kondo offers us a peek into the mind of a man deeply in love with the world and equally troubled by the existing state of affairs. Using his radical new style—neo-beat, influenced by poets ranging from Gregory Corso to the romantic poetry of Shelley to Japanese haiku poets such as Basho—he highlights the current ‘de-progress of the spirit’ propagated by the pursuit of greed. Each poem presents a sketch of the day-to-day sadness, despair, and ultimate beauty of mankind in the twenty-first century—a species at a crossroads. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Antidote\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarbingers of deception,\u003cbr\u003ethe word virus spreads\u003cbr\u003elike rabid carrier pigeons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut there is an antidote.\u003cbr\u003ePoetry,\u003cbr\u003ebetrothed to truth,\u003cbr\u003ecan deliver seeds\u003cbr\u003eof great exploding beauty\u003cbr\u003eand illumination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll you have to do\u003cbr\u003eis breathe deep,\u003cbr\u003epolish your eyes,\u003cbr\u003eand let your mind roam.","brand":"Partridge Publishing Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183265202416,"sku":"9781482892390","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781482892390_p0.jpg?v=1763626779","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781482892390","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}