{"product_id":"ghost-poetry","title":"Ghost Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I saved the pieces of you when you fell apart”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Adamson wrote that Robbie Coburn’s poems “come from tough experiences, yet are created with a muscular craft that glows with alert intelligence”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLargely set within stark farmland and surreal, nightmarish dreams, Coburn’s new collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eGhost Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, is haunted by depression, trauma, addiction, memory, regret, and the spectre of mutilation and violence inflicted on the human body, accompanied by the desire to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut through this, there is always the process of the poet writing; an act that both dissects and preserves experience and suffering, but ultimately creates an engine of survival (to quote Leonard Cohen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlways vulnerable, and often confronting and harrowing, \u003ci\u003eGhost Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully crafted and important work that will scar the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobbie Coburn’s\u003c\/b\u003e books include \u003ci\u003eThe Other Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRain Season\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published several chapbooks. His poems have been published in \u003ci\u003ePoetry, Meanjin, Island, Westerly\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, and anthologised in books including Writing to the Wire and To End All Wars. Additionally, Coburn’s haiku has been published widely, including in \u003ci\u003eModern Haiku\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Heron’s Nest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrogpond\u003c\/i\u003e, and anthologised in \u003ci\u003ea hole in the light: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2018\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in 1994, Coburn grew up on his family’s farm in Woodstock, Victoria. He is currently based in Melbourne. ISBN: 978-0-6455368-9-8\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upswell Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42238583832631,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/7771\/2951\/files\/Upswell-2024_Ghost-Poetry-Poetry_Front-Cover.jpg?v=1779074745","url":"https:\/\/upswell-publishing.myshopify.com\/products\/ghost-poetry","provider":"Upswell Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}