{"product_id":"bleat-prattle-paperback","title":"Bleat \u0026 Prattle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. Walsh Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her lush exploration of the natural world, D. Walsh Gilbert magnifies small moments and wee creatures into epiphanies of all kinds in \u003cem\u003eBleat \u0026amp; Prattle\u003c\/em\u003e. No creature is too small to be the hero of a story, or a myth. Whether as metaphor or anthropomorphic investigation, she inhabits the animals and flowers she describes, as in \"I long to be a wasp, to communicate by stinger,\" in the poem \"Resolution.\" Like the great Irish poets Patrick Kavanagh and Eamon Grennan, for Walsh (a dual citizen) the texture of sound in a poem is all-important. In \"The Little Hills of Monaghan,\" we find the lines, \"This, the same scurf smell\/ scuffed from the drumlins\/ of Kavanagh's\/ Inniskeen Road\/ as he walked.\" Her Irish poems will transport any reader right to the old country. One of my favorite poems in this collection is \"The Time of Balance,\" a study of a northern cardinal during a thunderstorm. Clinging to a holly bough, the cardinal exhibits \"the stiff refusal of a small thing\/ who tastes winter's vaulted wind on his beak\/\/ and still opens his mouth. He swallows\/ the tempest.\" This fine collection takes you by the hand and leads you directly into the wonders of the living world. -Steve Straight author of \u003cem\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/em\u003e winner of the William Meredith Award in Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.11 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733929431103,"sku":"9781957221229","price":14.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/57e615b26ff399093266dffff0f04d40.webp?v=1765138001","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/bleat-prattle-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}