{"product_id":"dog-and-moon-paperback-1","title":"Dog and Moon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKelly Shepherd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dreamlike collection of poetry that intertwines an embodied experience of the natural world with mythology, memory, and the creative process\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Woven together from fragments collected in notebooks and dream journals over two decades of introspection, \u003ci\u003eDog and Moon\u003c\/i\u003e inhabits a space of sleeplessness, enveloped in the darkness of night. Kelly Shepherd draws inspiration from the free-verse ghazal but takes the form and bends it to create a sort of Indra's Net, with couplets echoing and reflecting across his poems. They are a series of juxtapositions: nature writing placed in conversation with the language of poetry workshops, mythology and childhood memories, and sensorial encounters with the natural world colliding with images of home and belonging. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy ribs, the mattress's ribs--I can't sleep. This is a war, \u003cbr\u003e says the newscaster reporting on the winter storm. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A war with Mother Nature.\u003cbr\u003e When a metaphor is taken too far it becomes a projectile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Try to talk to someone when they're snoring: \u003cbr\u003e their responses are all the same. The mind races. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Happiness is only a purchase away, \u003cbr\u003e but what happens when the box store runs out of boxes? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Time moves differently depending on your bedsprings.\u003cbr\u003e From a net of clouds, the moon: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e so much of writing is trying to remember\u003cbr\u003e your thoughts from other states of consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An inexplicable need to follow\u003cbr\u003e the pathways of unseeable sparks and insects in the blankets.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly Shepherd\u003c\/b\u003e is a poetry editor for the \u003ci\u003eTrumpeter\u003c\/i\u003e. His second poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eInsomnia Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2019 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize. Originally from Smithers, British Columbia, he lives and teaches on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.35 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353506496761,"sku":"9781779400383","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4R8Z1LuEPo9781779400383_5bcff11e-7346-4582-9d76-f7861d2942fd.webp?v=1769825031","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dog-and-moon-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}