{"product_id":"9781742199986","title":"Accidents of Composition","description":"The eyes catch a black bird close to an eerie sun. Instantly, a poem: an accident of composition. Or a tree, rock, light from a story heard, dreamt, read or remembered returns as if it were the only tree, rock, light in the planet. The poet is caught, returned to her first heart: poetry. After four novels, Merlinda offers seventy-six poems from the stillness of contemplation to the spinning of tales, then to passage across different histories. Glass becomes eternal greens underwater, fish gossip about colonisation, a gumnut turns dissident, and the dreams of Captain Cook and Pigafetta circumnavigate the globe leaving a trail of blood, beads, and the scent of cloves. But in between, the poet hopes: ‘there could be accidents \/ of kindness here.’","brand":"Spinifex Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65434408780125,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781876756956.jpg?v=1789284855","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781742199986","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}