{"product_id":"deep-territory-paperback","title":"Deep Territory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Malan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eDeep Territory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a special sense of kinship and community in Michael Malan's poems: trees, streams, clouds, horses, and horizons. All things are alert, articulate, and time in touch with the timeless. These are poems of thanksgiving, and calm recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Robert Morgan, author of \u003cem\u003eDark Energy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are visionary poems, and the world they envision is a shapeshifting realm where trees speak and rivers dream, where stones sing and the moon is \"a broken compass in the heart of memory.\" In this territory, the dull rules of ordinary reality no longer apply. Here you might \"open a window in a waterfall \/and find a mirror in a forest.\" Anything might turn into anything else. Filled with wild images and stunning metaphors, these poems have the power to restore us to the imaginative freedom of childhood. \u003cem\u003eDeep Territory\u003c\/em\u003e is a profoundly refreshing book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -John Brehm, author of \u003cem\u003eNo Day at the Beach\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Dharma of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all the gifts poetry can provide, perhaps the greatest is the work of the spirit, and Michael Malan's \u003cem\u003eDeep Territory\u003c\/em\u003e is profoundly engaged in the spiritual work of the written word. These poems grapple with the great question of what it means to be a human being alive in the world, providing us with a space of solace and light, \"a tent for the living\" in the midst of a chaotic century. I find myself returning to these poems again and again, captivated by their imagery and enriched by the sense of wonder they inspire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Holly Karapetkova, Arlington County Poet Laureate, author of \u003cem\u003eTowline\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Malan is the author of \u003cem\u003eOverland Park\u003c\/em\u003e (Blue Light Press, 2017), a collection of poetry and flash fiction and \u003cem\u003eTarzan's Jungle Plane\u003c\/em\u003e (Blue Light Press, 2019), a collection of prose poems. His work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eEpoch, Cincinnati Review, Tampa Review, Washington Square Review, Denver Quarterly, Poetry East, \u003c\/em\u003e and other journals. He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eCloudbank, \u003c\/em\u003e a literary journal published in Corvallis, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42098358616199,"sku":"9781421837031","price":22.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/86358953e5edcfef66667418388205bf.webp?v=1732362321","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/deep-territory-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}