{"product_id":"9781906377618","title":"Collected Poems","description":"Michael Scott's early years in rural Gloucestershire laid the foundation for his lifelong interest in landscape and wildlife. Although he qualified as a biologist and acquired a PhD, his feeling for the beauties and tragedies of nature was diverted for years by his agricultural research and senior management posts. \u003cp\u003eHe became a part-time field botanist and ornithologist, and developed his skills as a landscape painter, which activities counterpoised the commercial environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last twenty years, Michael has worked in the personal development field and became a poet, novelist and artist. His first novels, the 'Fairley Quartet' and 'Imago', carry the themes of his new life, while later novels such as 'Brothers' and 'Nirvana Highway', also draw upon his experience of Transpersonal Psychology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 'The Inward Eye', Michael features over 80 of his paintings with explanatory texts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael is married and he and his wife Eileen, also a novelist and painter, have their home in York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Collected Poems you'll find the poems are broken up into sub-sections which give some indication of their provenance. They are as follows -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigns of Life \u003cbr\u003eThese were early poems in which the author was finding his poetic language and understanding of his existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonal Notes \u003cbr\u003eHere you will find poems which cover a range of family and other similar matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePagan Encounters \u003cbr\u003ePoems purely about mystical subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoems of Redemption \u003cbr\u003eThese pieces refer to spiritual concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSacred Songs \u003cbr\u003eA collection that project a range of introspective or philosophical ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvening Music \u003cbr\u003eEvery piece here, on specified subjects, was written for meetings of a poetry group.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fisher King Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048264155376,"sku":"9781906377618","price":11.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906377618_p0.jpg?v=1763616533","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906377618","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}