{"product_id":"as-when-waking-by-daniel-schonning-9780226843841","title":"As When Waking","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exploration of poetic form, centring on the alphabet as both its medium and constraint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems of Daniel Schonning's debut collection range from personal examinations of childhood suffering and loss of faith to deep observations of images and objects. It touches on themes such as the foreclosure of a family home, a father estranged by addiction, mallards on a frozen pond, flowering bindweed, and a door to the underworld. With all its component pieces, \u003cem\u003eAs When Waking\u003c\/em\u003e aims to apprentice itself to the medium of letters, inviting readers to listen and learn from the systems and symmetries of alphabets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSchonning employs structural paradigms to explore themes of poetic lineage. Twenty-six of the poems in this collection are abecedarians, a form where the opening letter of each line advances through the alphabet. The lines of the first poem proceed alphabetically from A–Z, while those of the second poem move from B–A, and then C–B, all the way to Z–A. This structure is tied to Jewish mystic texts such as the \u003cem\u003eSefer Yetzirah\u003c\/em\u003e, which probes the relationship between the letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the world they inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871328817388,"sku":"9780226843841","price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20666693482268.jpg?v=1759875117","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/as-when-waking-by-daniel-schonning-9780226843841","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}