{"product_id":"peace-and-quiet-9781776923182","title":"Peace and Quiet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat use is poetry in times of ecological and political turbulence? \u003cem\u003ePeace and Quiet \u003c\/em\u003egrapples with this question, invoking both human voices and the voices — ‘the silt and the slash’ — of the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowerful and illuminating, these poems show that peace, gentleness and reflection are a form of resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Dinah Hawken is the high priestess of pin-drop poetry.' —James Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Hawken is a wholehearted, surefooted poet, a gather and protector of precious things that others may ignore.’ —Sophie van Waardenburg, \u003cem\u003eAotearoa NZ Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘This is poetry that digs deeply into existence, life and death, peace ahead of war, the power of silence and the power of the spoken.’ —Paula Green\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Few writers have the skill to return to the land and the sea with such originality and genuine knowing as Hawken.’ —Sarah Jane Barnett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDinah Hawken\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated poets. She was born in Hāwera in 1943 and now lives in Paekākāriki. Recent poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eFaces and Flowers: Poems to Patricia France\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSea-light\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThere Is No Harbour.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2025 she received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCover: Keely O'Shannessy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upstart Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264451887340,"sku":"9781776923182","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781776923182PeaceandQuiet.jpg?v=1775600642","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/peace-and-quiet-9781776923182","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}