{"product_id":"orient-9781926829920","title":"orient","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrient\u003c\/i\u003e is the third collection from one of Western Canada's most accomplished poets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComposed mainly of three long poems—an extended meditation on the connection between man and fish, the lament of a big-souled cowboy poet looking up from rock bottom, and a historical envisioning of an intimate relationship between a pioneer and a powerful crone—\u003ci\u003eOrient\u003c\/i\u003e leaps, sings, burrows down, and orients the reader within its rich ecosystem. The appeal of these poems lies partly in their blend of humility (the open-minded approach), in their force (the taut style, the original vision) and in an astonishing boldness. Wigmore is a \"poet of place\" in the best sense: \"about the big picture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I had a job and then I didn't\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebut once I spoke a tavern sermon\u003cbr\u003ethat came to me in darkness\u003cbr\u003eand men I knew who crossed the street \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewho shunned me in daylight \u003cbr\u003ethey wept\u003cbr\u003eand that's something\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—from \"tavern\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gillian Wigmore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278410789115,"sku":"9781926829920","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781926829920.jpg?v=1772488059","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/orient-9781926829920","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}