{"product_id":"what-the-earth-seemed-to-say-by-marie-howe-9781780377247","title":"What the Earth Seemed to Say","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat the Earth Seemed to Say\u003c\/i\u003e gathers together more than three decades of profound, luminous poetry from one of America's most daring and courageous poets. With its 'radical simplicity and seriousness of purpose, along with a fearless interest in autobiography and its tragedies and redemptions' (Matthew Zapruder, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), Marie Howe's poetry transforms penetrating observations of everyday life into sacred, humane miracles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis essential volume draws from each of her four previous collections, including \u003ci\u003eMagdalene\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), a spiritual and sensual exploration of contemporary womanhood, and \u003ci\u003eWhat the Living Do\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), a haunting chronicle of personal loss, and contains 20 new poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether speaking in the voice of the goddess Persephone or thinking about ageing while walking the dog, Howe is 'a light-bearer, an extraordinary poet of our human sorrow and ordinary joy' (Dorianne Laux).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47342095401196,"sku":"9781780377247","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24558883482821.jpg?v=1772194837","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/what-the-earth-seemed-to-say-by-marie-howe-9781780377247","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}