{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-allotments","title":"Ten Poems about Allotments","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving an allotment isn’t the same as having a vegetable patch in the garden. 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","url":"https:\/\/poetrypharmacy.live\/products\/ten-poems-about-allotments","provider":"The Poetry Pharmacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}