{"product_id":"gardening-beneath-a-falling-piano-by-simon-moreton","title":"Gardening Beneath a Falling Piano by Simon Moreton","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry and collages by Simon Moreton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e×\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe’ve been gardening,\u003cbr\u003epruning \u0026amp; planting\u003cbr\u003ebeneath a falling piano,\u003cbr\u003ea cartoon safe,\u003cbr\u003ea coyote’s boulder.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ragwort has exploded,\u003cbr\u003eorange \u0026amp; black caterpillars\u003cbr\u003ecaterpillaring their way\u003cbr\u003eup the ninny for dinner \u0026amp; a kip;\u003cbr\u003ein yellow volcanoes, metamorphosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the old allotment\u003cbr\u003emy bare hands bothering the compost…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e×\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePocket-sized, 28-page zine of poetry and collage by Bristol author and comix artist Simon Moreton (\u003ci\u003eNow Is the Time to Know Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMinor Leagues\u003c\/i\u003e). Tenderly fatalistic collection of diurnal observations; snippets of days unfolding “forever on the sea-pink brink of a cliff, or on the beach, waiting for the scarp to come down on top of you like a horrible pillow fight.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso: Nap time. Deep time. The cosmic improbability of a couch. Staring off into space. Anchoring oneself to Earth through contact with earth and neighborly exchanges with caterpillars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e×\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon Moreton on \u003ci\u003eGardening Beneath a Falling Piano\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We are all living under the weight of so many things in our short time here. \u003ci\u003eGardening Beneath a Falling Piano\u003c\/i\u003e is about trying to be joyous in the shadow of that pervading unease. The words just came out and the collages, too—they seemed the best way to stick the whole thing together—and I suppose sticking things together is the best we can do sometimes.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bored Wolves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47875572662602,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/IMG-0322.webp?v=1712504541","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/gardening-beneath-a-falling-piano-by-simon-moreton","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}