{"product_id":"breaker-9781894078665","title":"Breaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2009 PAT LOWTHER MEMORIAL AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ATLANTIC CANADA POETRY PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSue Sinclair is the director inheritor of the great early 20th Century German poet, Rilke: she possesses intense lyrical vision, steeped in wonder at the existence of the world, and a kind of grief at our inability to lose ourselves in it completely. Her perception is acutely focused and rigorous; and she is acutely self-aware. She is not afraid of words like \"beauty\" or \"being,\" yet, because of the intensity of her vision, she never uses them as clichés. Her gift for metaphor is astonishing and may remind some readers of the young Roo Borson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"You cross the heat-ridden ground, the sweet, brittle scent\u003cbr\u003eof sage rising underfoot. So easy to pretend a single word\u003cbr\u003ewill occur to you, and that it will do all the good\u003cbr\u003eanyone could hope. The earth is parched and lonely,\u003cbr\u003erelies on dignity to protect it. Each thing hanging\u003cbr\u003e\nby the thread of itself. Bleating crickets. Rustle of dry stalks.\u003cbr\u003eThe silence pushes you toward yourself:\u003cbr\u003e It's time to walk deep into the heart of what troubles you.\"\u003cbr\u003e—from \"Drought\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Sinclair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278403678459,"sku":"9781894078665","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781894078665.jpg?v=1772487900","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/breaker-9781894078665","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}