{"product_id":"dog-and-moon-9781779400383","title":"Dog and Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dreamlike collection of poetry that intertwines an embodied experience of the natural world with mythology, memory, and the creative process\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Woven together from fragments collected in notebooks and dream journals over two decades of introspection, \u003ci\u003eDog and Moon\u003c\/i\u003e inhabits a space of sleeplessness, enveloped in the darkness of night. Kelly Shepherd draws inspiration from the free-verse ghazal but takes the form and bends it to create a sort of Indra?s Net, with couplets echoing and reflecting across his poems. They are a series of juxtapositions: nature writing placed in conversation with the language of poetry workshops, mythology and childhood memories, and sensorial encounters with the natural world colliding with images of home and belonging. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy ribs, the mattress?s ribs?I can?t sleep. This is a war,\u003cbr\u003e says the newscaster reporting on the winter storm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A war with Mother Nature.\u003cbr\u003e When a metaphor is taken too far it becomes a projectile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Try to talk to someone when they?re snoring:\u003cbr\u003e their responses are all the same. The mind races.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Happiness is only a purchase away,\u003cbr\u003e but what happens when the box store runs out of boxes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Time moves differently depending on your bedsprings.\u003cbr\u003e From a net of clouds, the moon:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e so much of writing is trying to remember\u003cbr\u003e your thoughts from other states of consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An inexplicable need to follow\u003cbr\u003e the pathways of unseeable sparks and insects in the blankets.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Regina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042179481943,"sku":"9781779400383","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dog-and-moon-9781779400383","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}