{"product_id":"the-blue-island-paperback","title":"The Blue Island - 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\u003eDouglas Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will find themselves underlining Douglas Cole's rich and many-sided new poems in the collection, The Blue Island. Cole is a masterful poet of both long-march poems and brief lyric pieces. Cole's poems are oceanic, \"full of force and fury.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Red Shuttleworth, author of Straight Ahead, Homeward, High Plains Fandango and many more works of poetry and drama \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Blue Island, Douglas Cole's poems appear on the page like high-speed films or Fourth of July fireworks. The language is rapid-fire, and you're swept away by the rush of words, a tap turned on full blast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Edward Harkness, author of Beautiful Passing Lives, Ice Children, and The Law of the Unforeseen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems of Douglas Cole's The Blue Island are wrought in the rich topography of film noir¬ and the fever-dreams of Coleridge's ancient mariner. Cole's images are often looming and restless, even sublime. The Blue Island is sweeping, ardent, and skillfully rendered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jeffrey Alfier, author of The Red Deer at Carrbridge, The Storm Petrel and many more books of poetry, as well as Founder and Co-editor of Blue Horse Press and San Pedro River Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Blue Island is a cornucopia of a book, ranging from fine lyrics to long narratives, filled with everything from fantasy to hard-eyed examinations of life. You'll find so much here, so don't miss out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bradley Strahan, author of This Art of Losing, A Parting Glass and other award-winning poetry collections; he is also Publisher of Visions International\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47570161926365,"sku":"9781949229264","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/RWtzaGV1UGFzN3Z6K1ZzeUw5TUI2dz09.webp?v=1773349788","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-blue-island-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}