{"product_id":"high-coup-a-highway-575-odyssey-paperback","title":"High Coup: A Highway 575 Odyssey - 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\u003eBrice T. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHigh Coup\u003c\/em\u003e is a quiet rebellion from the author's otherwise technical life-a poetic breakwater against decades of scientific education, Naval service, and Medical practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry has long been his secret escape route, a tether to beauty and sanity, a connection to an elevated form of humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe never let his peers in on the secret. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot even his brother suspected he was the one reading all those old books Mom refused to throw out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs time passes and miles accumulate, his quiet reading gives way to furtive writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScribbled fragments get stuffed into burgeoning notebooks that travel with him for decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he finally sorts through them, an unlikely treasure is revealed: Haiku.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany emerge unintentionally, tucked within longer drafts, waiting to be drawn out and honored in their own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is both a collection and an experiment-an irreverent twist on a centuries-old form, with some original invention (\"Bri-Ku\") thrown in for good measure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's also a first leap into publishing, a foray outside the author's familiar world of Engineering and Medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile he's never actually purchased a book of Haiku before, he's created one anyway-tongue in cheek, fully aware of the irony, hopeful it lands with readers who, like him, never saw it coming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHigh Coup\u003c\/em\u003e: All original. Nothing artificial. Let's see if you can read just one. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 7 x 4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56149004222769,"sku":"9781662947407","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/MU24sVXzmM9781662947407.webp?v=1788685363","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/high-coup-a-highway-575-odyssey-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}