{"product_id":"the-vicinity-9781894078306","title":"The Vicinity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Vicinity\u003c\/i\u003e David O'Meara gives us a new kind of cityscape, one that brings its unseen, and usually unsung, materials to the foreground.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrick, concrete (that \"not-so-silver screen \/ our walk-on parts are posed upon\"), glass, steel, wire: they step boldly from anonymity into fresh focus, backdrops goaded into stardom. Full of casually worn wit and humour, often using intricate forms that deftly reflect their subjects, these poems probe our conventional attitudes while walking us down present or remembered streets—“Some-such Avenue \/ Rue Saint Whatever.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A red brick wall, framed \u003cbr\u003ein timber beams and mortar, \u003cbr\u003ecollects the last gold of November warmth \u003cbr\u003eon this lit morning. \u003cbr\u003eIt hasn't rested, though idle all these years. \u003cbr\u003eA brick wall is stoic toil. \u003cbr\u003eCompare one to your mother.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—from \"Brickwork\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David O'Meara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278406529275,"sku":"9781894078306","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781894078306.jpg?v=1772487898","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-vicinity-9781894078306","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}