{"product_id":"9781509824205","title":"Useful Verses","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Osmond's debut collection \u003ci\u003eUseful Verses\u003c\/i\u003e follows in the tradition of the best nature writing, being as much about the human world as the natural, the present as the past: Osmond, a professional forager, has a deep knowledge of flora and fauna as they appear in both natural and human history, as they are depicted in both folklore and herbal - but he views them through a wholly contemporary lens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChamomile is discussed through quantum physics, ants through social media, wood sorrel through online gambling, and mugwort through a traffic cone. In each case, Osmond offers an arresting and new perspective, and makes that hidden world that lives and breathes beside us vividly part of our own. This is a fiercely inventive, darkly witty and brilliantly observed debut from a voice unlike any other you have read before - and as far from any quaint and conservative notion of 'nature poetry' as it is possible to get.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120128082160,"sku":"9781509824205","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781509824205_p0.jpg?v=1763722100","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781509824205","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}