{"product_id":"being-the-bird-9780867860801","title":"Being the Bird","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes a large number of previously unpublished poems, as well as poems published on my website and my two previous collections, In The Water Was The Fire and Souvenirs of Spirit. It also reprints a number of prayers and blessings related to Mercy, some of which were commissioned by Mercy International Centre, Dublin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems and prayers are essentially about encounter: encounter with the Divine, the natural world, the Celtic landscape and spirit, and those whose lives the poet has shared through journeys of birth and death, dementia and abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploration of the meaning of Mercy is at the heart of many of the works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spectrum Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780867860801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.52d","brand":"Mary Wickham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942101463221,"sku":"9780867860801","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cf5b1bc9-eb28-412c-9628-bb758c2c9c99.jpg?v=1630995723","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/being-the-bird-9780867860801","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}