{"product_id":"9781760412883","title":"Spirit Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn ‘Mount Cargill’, a poem in Maurice Whelan’s book \u003cem\u003eExcalibur’s Return\u003c\/em\u003e, he described running up Mount Cargill in New Zealand with Richard O’Neill-Dean, to whom that volume was dedicated. Richard responded to Maurice’s latest collection, \u003cem\u003eSpirit Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e, with a poem of his own, after discussing how Maurice sets about crafting a poem and the importance he attaches to a central thought or idea upon which the poem is constructed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipwright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor Maurice Whelan, poet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe might look out the odd plank,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elet it season slowly,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecovered from the rain,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eso that frames, ribs, stringers,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the imagination, slowly form,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe particular twist or warp or grain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof a thought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efavouring the idea of a hull,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esensitive to wind and wave,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto keep out storms,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto manage strains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, beyond all, the keelson,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emassive, strong,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit must permit of no bend,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etake long keel-bolts,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egoing down through heartwood,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto fasten the lead weight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof a real thought,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emany tons,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto keep a good poem upright,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand carrying on,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etied in tight, to bind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall between the sweet lines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof its stem and stern,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto make a fine entry,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto set its wake\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eupon the oceans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the mind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ginninderra Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037795205360,"sku":"9781760412883","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781760412883_p0.jpg?v=1763704843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781760412883","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}