{"product_id":"marston-meadows-and-other-poems-john-fuller-9781784746544","title":"Marston meadows and other poems by John Fuller (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificent and tender celebration of long love and of abundant nature'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIan McEwan\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the Forward prizewinning poet, a witty and nostalgic collection that celebrates the companionship of marriage, the small joys of growing old, and the ever-illuminating beauty of the English countryside\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e** Including the poem that inspired Ian McEwan's novel\u003c\/i\u003e What We Can Know \u003ci\u003e**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'A walk is like a knot that gets undone,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnd yet it keeps us closer.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMarston Meadows\u003c\/i\u003e, John Fuller celebrates the rewards of a life lived in rich attentiveness to the world. The book opens with the extraordinary title sequence, a corona of fifteen intertwining sonnets written for the poet's wife on their diamond wedding anniversary. At once magisterial and delicate, they build into a moving meditation on how our selves are shaped, and deepened, by long companionship, under the growing shadow of mortality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Taking in a dizzying sweep of human time, Fuller reflects on what keeps us together and what breaks us apart. With spectacular formal dexterity and a tender awe, the poems track the hidden lives of wildflowers, birds, and other emissaries from an increasingly fragile natural world. Lyrical, irreverent, freighted with a lifetime's understanding, the poems reach out, with the humility of an apprentice, to the precious others who share our path: 'Can you tell \/ Me \/ Something of love?'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chatto \u0026 Windus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55333494686039,"sku":"9781784746544","price":11.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9781784746544.jpg?v=1791495210","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/marston-meadows-and-other-poems-john-fuller-9781784746544","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}