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From childhood alliances at school through the angst of teenage years into companionship and the redemption of old age, Lorraine Mariner shows that friendship poems come in as many different shapes and sizes as our friends themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Half my friends are dead.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI will make you new ones, said earth.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo, give them back, as they were, instead,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith faults and all, I cried.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efrom ‘Sea Canes’ by Derek Walcott\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44541241983259,"sku":"BCP-017","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/ten-poems-about-friendship-poetry-pamphlet-pack-shot.jpg?v=1750339740"},{"product_id":"ten-poems-of-home","title":"Ten Poems about Home","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Candlestick Press –\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis beautiful selection of poems captures the many ways in which we experience that unique sense of being at home. 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On the contrary:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Sometimes a sober voice is enough\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eto calm the waters \u0026amp; drive away\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe false witnesses,”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Kindness’ by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Yusef Komunyakaa Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/komunyakaa-yusef\/\"\u003eYusef Komunyakaa\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Jackie Kay Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/kay-jackie\/\"\u003eJackie Kay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand containing two new poems she has written specially for the anthology, this moving selection is allied to a compelling cause. ‘Felix’s Campaign of Kindness’ was instigated by the mother of Felix Alexander, a 17-year-old boy who took his own life after years of online bullying. The pamphlet is dedicated to the memory of Felix and contains the inspirational open letter written by his mother after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Jackie Kay Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/kay-jackie\/\"\u003eJackie Kay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of the foremost poets writing in Britain today. She has published numerous poetry collections and a memoir,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed Dust Road\u003c\/em\u003e, about her quest to find her birth parents. She was the third modern Makar, the Scottish Poet Laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Fleur Adcock Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/adcock-fleur\/\"\u003eFleur Adcock,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Gwendolyn Brooks Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/brooks-gwendolyn\/\"\u003eGwendolyn Brooks,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Ian Duhig Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/duhig-ian\/\"\u003eIan Duhig,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Sarah Howe Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/howe-sarah\/\"\u003eSarah Howe,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Jackie Kay Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/kay-jackie\/\"\u003eJackie Kay,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Yusef Komunyakaa Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/komunyakaa-yusef\/\"\u003eYusef Komunyakaa,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Norman MacCaig Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/maccaig-norman\/\"\u003eNorman MacCaig,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Sylvia Plath Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/plath-sylvia-1932-1963\/\"\u003eSylvia Plath,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Rabindranath Tagore Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/tagore-rabindranath\/\"\u003eRabindranath Tagore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"View Kate Tempest Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/tempest-kate\/\"\u003eKate Tempest.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonation to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.place2be.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlace2Be.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry Pharmacy Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44642616770843,"sku":"BCP-006","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/ten-poems-of-kindness-volume-one-poetry-pamphlet-pack-shot.jpg?v=1750340393"},{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-swimming","title":"Ten Poems About Swimming","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's something at once elemental and child-like about moving through water – whether we paddle like a dog or can manage an elegant crawl. These delightful poems explore the many joys of swimming in pools, rivers and oceans. We travel all the way from a child learning to swim at home on a piano stool to a swimmer in a public baths which become suddenly splendid: \"the pool spread like a sunken ballroom, marbled with the winter sun and here, the deep end's edge where I hang breathless,\" - from 'What I Think About When I'm Swimming' by Hannah Lowe Swimming is a pleasure and a privilege, and these poems remind us that when we take to the water it is not just our bodies that are changed. Poems by Vievee Francis, Paul Henry, Ranjit Hoskote, Hannah Lowe, Nicholas Murray, Katrina Naomi, Jay Parini, Katherine Pierpoint, Stevie Smith and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch. Cover illustration by Sara Boccaccini Meadows. 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This title is the second co-publication by Candlestick Press in association with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pushkinpress.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePushkin Press.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/dyer-geoff\/\" title=\"View Geoff Dyer Biography\"\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. 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Kissing, it transpires, can happen anywhere – on a train, in a city park or against a kitchen fridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems dramatise the fact that a kiss can make time stand still or send us into a dizzy spin:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“And the world all whirling\u003cbr\u003eRound in joy\u003cbr\u003eLike the dance of a dervish…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Kisses in the Train’ by DH Lawrence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe selection wouldn’t be complete without a sly antidote to all this romance, which is why we’ve included\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/ruefle-mary\/\" title=\"View Mary Ruefle Biography\"\u003eMary Ruefle’s\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘Why I Am Not A Good Kisser’ with its inventory of things not to do or think about when a kiss is in the offing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/addonizio-kim\/\" title=\"View Kim Addonizio Biography\"\u003eKim Addonizio,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/allen-seiffert-marjorie\/\" title=\"View Marjorie Allen Seiffert Biography\"\u003eMarjorie Allen Seiffert,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/browning-elizabeth-barrett\/\" title=\"View Elizabeth Barrett Browning Biography\"\u003eElizabeth Barrett Browning,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/burns-robert-2\/\" title=\"View Robert Burns Biography\"\u003eRobert Burns,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/drummond-of-hawthornden-william\/\" title=\"View William Drummond of Hawthornden Biography\"\u003eWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/grunewald-hattie\/\" title=\"View Hattie Grünewald Biography\"\u003eHattie Grünewald,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/lawrence-dh\/\" title=\"View DH Lawrence Biography\"\u003eDH Lawrence,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/lumsden-roddy\/\" title=\"View Roddy Lumsden Biography\"\u003eRoddy Lumsden,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/mills-david\/\" title=\"View David Mills Biography\"\u003eDavid Mills,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/quraishi-shazea\/\" title=\"View Shazea Quraishi Biography\"\u003eShazea Quraishi,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/ruefle-mary\/\" title=\"View Mary Ruefle Biography\"\u003eMary Ruefle,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/spear-roberta\/\" title=\"View Roberta Spear Biography\"\u003eRoberta Spear,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/teasdale-sara\/\" title=\"View Sara Teasdale Biography\"\u003eSara Teasdale\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/toomer-jean\/\" title=\"View Jean Toomer Biography\"\u003eJean Toomer.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/boccaccini-meadows-sara\/\" title=\"View Sara Boccaccini Meadows Biography\"\u003eSara Boccaccini Meadows.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55336284815744,"sku":"B-CP-001","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/fourteen-poems-about-kissing-poetry-pamphlet-pack-shot.jpg?v=1750340577"},{"product_id":"ten-poems-for-wellbeing","title":"Ten Poems for Wellbeing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"core-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSelected and Introduced by Vanessa Lampert\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eVarious Authors\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s an expression:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003eto be comfortable in your own skin\u003c\/em\u003e. The words contain the idea that it’s possible to be at ease with yourself and your life – and that there’s fulfilment to be found in feeling this way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese thoughtful poems offer moments of pleasure in uncomplicated things – flowers in a window box or eating toast at midnight – and remind us that we don’t always need to look very far to experience a sense of calm and wellbeing. The world can be a place that we know and trust:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"blockquote-indent-110\"\u003e“There’s a dream I have in which I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003elove the world. I run from end to end like fingers\u003cbr\u003ethrough her hair. There are no borders, only wind.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Meditations in an Emergency’ by Cameron Awkward-Rich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a selection to enjoy when we want to be reminded that if we look carefully, we have all we need to experience a sense of serenity and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/lampert-vanessa\/\" title=\"View Vanessa Lampert Biography\"\u003eVanessa Lampert\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewho likes to walk on a windy hill and hasn’t grown out of building dams on beaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/bolger-laurie\/\" title=\"View Laurie Bolger Biography\"\u003eLaurie Bolger,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/gray-em\/\" title=\"View Em Gray Biography\"\u003eEm Gray,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/jennings-paula\/\" title=\"View Paula Jennings Biography\"\u003ePaula Jennings,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/lampert-vanessa\/\" title=\"View Vanessa Lampert Biography\"\u003eVanessa Lampert,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/nowlan-alden\/\" title=\"View Alden Nowlan Biography\"\u003eAlden Nowlan,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/awkward-rich-cameron\/\" title=\"View Cameron Awkward-Rich Biography\"\u003eCameron Awkward-Rich,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/teasdale-sara\/\" title=\"View Sara Teasdale Biography\"\u003eSara Teasdale,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/yam-jerrold\/\" title=\"View Jerrold Yam Biography\"\u003eJerrold Yam,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/samuel-yates-luke\/\" title=\"View Luke Samuel Yates Biography\"\u003eLuke Samuel Yates\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/young-dean\/\" title=\"View Dean Young Biography\"\u003eDean Young.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/boccaccini-meadows-sara\/\" title=\"View Sara Boccaccini Meadows Biography\"\u003eSara Boccaccini Meadows.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55832637211008,"sku":"","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/ten-poems-for-wellbeing-poetry-pamphlet-pack-shot.jpg?v=1750340227"},{"product_id":"hafiz-card","title":"Hafiz card","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHafiz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful card by printmaker Ali Stump was inspired by the quote from the Persian poet Hafiz. \u003cspan\u003ePresented with a recycled kraft brown paper envelope \u0026amp; 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There’s something about the sense of shared endeavour – the fair exchange of cups of tea and know-how – that means an allotment is not just a place but also a state of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe selection features poems that revel in the good-natured competition that inevitably arises: who has grown the biggest onion and whose weeds are most to be frowned upon. There are also slugs and worms, aching backs and roughened hands – all seasoned by the heady tang of manure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the abiding spirit is the pleasure that comes from tending a small patch of earth, the deep joy afforded by taking part in the year’s repeating patterns of planting and harvesting:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“She places each\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efirst early\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eon its smelly bed. Delicate as eggs they sit\u003cbr\u003euntil he spades the soil over. Buried treasure.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Allotment’ by Vivienne Tregenza\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected and introduced by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/slaney-di\/\" title=\"View Di Slaney Biography\"\u003eDi Slaney.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/eyres-marie-louise\/\" title=\"View Marie-Louise Eyres Biography\"\u003eMarie-Louise Eyres,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/griffin-marian\/\" title=\"View Marian Griffin Biography\"\u003eMarian Griffin,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/herdman-ramona\/\" title=\"View Ramona Herdman Biography\"\u003eRamona Herdman,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/horn-beag\/\" title=\"View Beag Horn Biography\"\u003eBeag Horn,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/lampert-vanessa\/\" title=\"View Vanessa Lampert Biography\"\u003eVanessa Lampert,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/lancaster-john\/\" title=\"View John Lancaster Biography\"\u003eJohn Lancaster,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/tregenza-vivienne\/\" title=\"View Vivienne Tregenza Biography\"\u003eVivienne Tregenza,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/walkington-zoe\/\" title=\"View Zoë Walkington Biography\"\u003eZoë Walkington,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/wallis-peter\/\" title=\"View Peter Wallis Biography\"\u003ePeter Wallis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/walton-rob\/\" title=\"View Rob Walton Biography\"\u003eRob Walton.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/croft-diana\/\" title=\"View Diana Croft Biography\"\u003eDiana Croft.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cform id=\"paypal-buy\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"\u003e\u003c\/form\u003e","brand":"The Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57898940334464,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/ten-poems-about-allotments-poetry-pamphlet-pack-shot.jpg?v=1776420748"},{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-blackbirds","title":"Ten Poems about Blackbirds","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlackbirds are one of our most beautiful songsters. There’s nothing quite as transporting as hearing one sing from a treetop or rooftop on a summer evening – they appear to have all the time in the world:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“But the blackbird still will sing,\u003cbr\u003eMaking the heart of the dark wood thrill\u003cbr\u003eWith the notes that come from his golden bill…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘The Blackbird’s Song’ by George Walter Thornbury\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems celebrate the heart-stopping beauty of the song, together with the perky boldness of a bird that we so often see hopping across our parks and gardens. 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Every poem offers a moment of intense looking; the vividness of nature is celebrated for its own sake and for what it might teach us about our own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKathryn Bevis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas an award-winning poet whose work was widely acclaimed for its close and loving attentiveness to the natural world. There are poems here in which nature seems to speak with compelling directness, asking to be trusted and offering consolation:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I am held by this place. Each leaf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"blockquote-indent-30\"\u003epromises the sunlight in her veins. Look.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere, where oat and velvet grasses toss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"blockquote-indent-30\"\u003etheir fringe. 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