{"product_id":"the-well-at-morning-selected-poems-1925-1971-9788024634258","title":"The Well at Morning: Selected Poems, 1925-1971","description":"\u003ci\u003eSpringtide\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A chaffinch in a tree \u003cbr\u003e of cherry sings merrily \u003cbr\u003e spring's \u003ci\u003eintroit\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Its blazing bobble dwells \u003cbr\u003e in leaves, alive, and swells \u003cbr\u003e in scarlet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The flowers are flares of white. \u003cbr\u003e The chaffinch has gone quiet \u003cbr\u003e and turned sky-gazer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e My eyes close on the day: \u003cbr\u003e an orb revolves in grey \u003cbr\u003e and red and azure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poet and artist Bohuslav Reynek spent most of his life in the relative obscurity of the Czech-Moravian Highlands; although he suffered at the hands of the Communist regime, he cannot be numbered among the dissident poets of Eastern Europe who won acclaim for their political poetry in the second half of the twentieth century. Rather, Reynek belongs to an older pastoral-devotional tradition--a kindred spirit to the likes of English-language poets Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Wordsworth, Robert Frost, and Edward Thomas.\u003ci\u003e The Well at Morning\u003c\/i\u003e presents a selection of poems from across his life and is illustrated with twenty-five of his own color etchings. Also featuring three essays by leading scholars that place Reynek's life and work alongside those of his better-known peers, this book presents a noted Czech artist to the wider world, reshaping and amplifying our understanding of modern European poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karolinum Press, Charles University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788024634258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Bohuslav Reynek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51894836592821,"sku":"9788024634258","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_53ad0fe9-27d0-496b-8e14-790960a1aed5.jpg?v=1760491531","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-well-at-morning-selected-poems-1925-1971-9788024634258","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}