{"title":"Hayan Charara","description":"\u003cp\u003eHayan Charara's work invites readers into a vivid landscape where nature and identity intertwine through lyric poetry. His collections, such as \u003cem\u003eThese Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit\u003c\/em\u003e, explore the delicate nuances of memory, displacement, and the natural world with a voice both intimate and expansive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the rich textures of arts and culture, Charara’s poems offer a contemplative journey that honours the beauty and complexity of human experience. His writing resonates with a profound sensitivity, making each page a space for reflection and discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"these-trees-those-leaves-this-flower-that-fruit-poems-by-hayan-charara-9781571315410","title":"These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit: Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKingsley Tufts Poetry Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thoughtful new collection of poems, one that deconstructs the deceptively simple question of what it means to be good - a good person, a good citizen, a good teacher, a good poet, a good father.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThese Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit\u003c\/em\u003e, Hayan Charara presents readers with a medley of ambitious analyses, written in characteristically wry verse. He takes philosophers to task, jousts with academics, and scrutinises hollow gestures of empathy, exposing the dangers of thinking ourselves \"separate \/ from [our] thoughts and experiences.\" After all, \"No work of love \/ will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut how do we act on fullness of heart? How, knowing as we do that \"genocide is inscribed in our earliest and holiest texts\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThoughtful but never preachy, Charara sits beside us, granting us access to life's countless unglamorous dilemmas: crushing a spider when we promised we wouldn't, nearing madness from a newborn's weeping, resenting our lovers for what happened in a dream. \"Good poems demand to be written from inside the poet,\" we are reminded. And that is where we find ourselves here: inside a lively and ethical mind, entertained by Charara's good company even as goodness challenges us to do more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464637661420,"sku":"9781571315410","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781571315410-these-trees-those-leaves-this-flower-that-fruit-poems.jpg?v=1775050540"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/hayan-charara.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}