{"product_id":"cockys-joy","title":"Cocky's Joy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Farrell has a reputation as the most adventurous and experimental of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003econtemporary Australian poets, since he continually pushes the boundaries of what \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eour poetry can do. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCocky's Joy is likely to be his breakthrough collection, the one which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewins him a wider audience, and part of the reason for this lies in the use it makes of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAustralian history and popular culture. Farrell was born and raised in rural NSW and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eas its title suggests, many of the poems in this collection are rooted in the bush, which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethey present as a surreal wonderland, connected to the world in magical and often \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehilarious ways. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere are love poems too, and gay riffs on such figures as the cowboy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe waiter and the 'romantic woman'. Farrell's experimentalism doesn't prevent him \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efrom offering really moving tributes, to parents and lovers, and scenes remembered \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efrom the past. In fact, it is precisely his eye for metaphor and the strange combination, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efor punning and word play, that gives his poetry its humour and energy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"Catherine\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edesigned pages for ads where tiny buffalo\/ roamed a celery patch, leaving health \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewarnings\/ on the stalks. Why not just use ants? objected\/ Heathcliff.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Farrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42835945783465,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/9781922146762.jpg?v=1672631739","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/cockys-joy","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}