{"product_id":"stay-winter","title":"Stay Winter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003estay winter: light the torch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein dark where life is forged\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein the belly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003edraw breath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003edraw rein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePartly inspired by a blacksmith's apprenticeship, Nidhi Zak\/Aria Eipe has wrought a range of gleaming elements into the poems of her second collection,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStay Winter\u003c\/i\u003e. Animal familiars abound, and the figure of the horse recurs: we encounter the twin steeds of the warrior Cú Chulainn along with the champion thoroughbred Red Rum. Languages and mythologies combine - both Celtic Brigid and Greek Hephaestus appear as gods of the forge. There are pieces drawn from a powerful Irish literary heritage, including Yeats, Joyce and Heaney, as well as painterly translations of Neruda and Lorca.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStay Winter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecaptures the 'thing of beauty' and the 'dark thing' as the poet confronts the shadow aspects of the self. It conjures a compelling wintry realm - 'forest wilderness', 'tenuous sky' - in which love is made and remade anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nidhi Zak\/Aria Eipe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57496890605946,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/6778\/8068\/files\/IMG_0984.jpg?v=1793707747","url":"https:\/\/raremags.co.uk\/products\/stay-winter","provider":"Rare Mags","version":"1.0","type":"link"}