{"product_id":"poetry-poison-vices","title":"Poetry Poison: Vices","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains a carefully curated collection of poems compiled by Deborah Alma, founder of the Poetry Pharmacy, exploring our appetites, excesses and less-than-virtuous impulses.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Distillation of the Finest Sins and Vices;\u003cbr\u003efor the Indulgence of Appetites;\u003cbr\u003efor Moments of Temptation and Relish;\u003cbr\u003efor the Celebration of Excess;\u003cbr\u003eto Encourage Delight in the Forbidden;\u003cbr\u003efor the Cultivation of Delicious Bad Habits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnvy, greed, lust, pride, resentment, sloth, spite, ambition and longing: some of the oldest ingredients of the human condition. Poets have always written about them, often with considerable relish, finding humour, recognition and strange beauty in the less flattering corners of the soul. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry Poison\u003c\/strong\u003e opens the locked cabinet of the Poetry Pharmacy. These are not gentle tonics or remedies for life’s ailments, but poems for exploring its darker registers. The series ventures into the feelings and impulses we might usually prefer to keep safely stoppered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eVices\u003c\/em\u003e, the poems follow desire in its many forms: the ache of wanting, the temptation of excess, the poisonous sideways glance of envy, the swelling ego and the delicious temptation to do absolutely nothing at all. Some are comic, some tragic, some startlingly honest. Together they form a cabinet of human appetites and failings, arranged not for judgement but for examination. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese poems do not set out to improve you. Open the cabinet carefully.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58851372859776,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/DSC_6818.jpg?v=1788441438","url":"https:\/\/poetrypharmacy.live\/products\/poetry-poison-vices","provider":"The Poetry Pharmacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}