{"product_id":"compass-and-clock-9780804011709","title":"Compass and Clock","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems of Compass and Clock take their inspiration from the intersection of the natural world and the human, exploring the landscapes in which those intersections occur. Those landscapes range from David Sanders’s native midwestern countryside to the caves of Lascaux and an enchanted lake where relics of lost lives are washed ashore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Sanders is a poet of craft and beauty…. There're no transgressions here, no showboating, or imbalance. These are poems of simple pure vision, calm poems, motivated by a wish to say what is seen, truthfully and clearly.” * Washington Independent Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e“David Sanders is a truly talented and subtle formal poet, but his formal hand is never heavy, and is almost always even transparent.… This is mature, complete work, the likes of which are rare. At their best, his poems remind us of Frost’s maxim, that a poem is a stay against confusion.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCompass and Clock\u003c\/i\u003e is the strongest new book of poems I have read in quite some time.”\u003cbr\u003e“The truth these poems tell should be harsh—yet the quiet music of Sanders’s language renders it beautiful.”\u003cbr\u003e“For all its big concerns, \u003ci\u003eCompass and Clock\u003c\/i\u003e is not a noisy book, but one full of quietly moving meditations on a life deepened by the losses of childhood, love, faith, and artistic possibility: ‘the strings \/ ease further out of tune against \/ the padded hammers waiting to be sprung.’ But Sanders knows well it is love itself that makes us miss and mourn the things we’ve lost.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCompass and Clock\u003c\/i\u003e abounds in the deceptively plain language and sensibility that, in other permutations, has produced poets like Clare, Borges, and Bishop. Sanders’s kind, observant clarity can lull you into a sense of ease, even as he lays open the poignancy and diverse fascinations of existing on earth. Each subject is handled with the evenhanded generosity of a true artist, and turned quietly to the service of his imaginative take on the ancient themes. Sometimes one precisely chosen detail can seem to give you a whole world.”\u003cbr\u003e“Don’t deny yourself the full feast of Sanders’ verse. \u003ci\u003eCompass and Clock\u003c\/i\u003e serves elegant and satisfying poems from the everyday ingredients of human experience.” * Huffington Post *","brand":"MJ - Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138165899607,"sku":"9780804011709","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804011709.jpg?v=1751918259","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/compass-and-clock-9780804011709","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}