{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-art","title":"Ten Poems about Art","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoems about art have a long and vivid history, and some of our greatest poets have tried to capture in verse the beguiling worlds of colour on canvas.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/dyer-geoff\/\" title=\"View Geoff Dyer Biography\"\u003eGeoff Dyer’s\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eremarkably wide-ranging selection encourages us to look at familiar and unfamiliar paintings and artists with fresh eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe find ourselves in Vermeer’s studio next door to a rowdy alehouse and meet a Bonnard nude day-dreaming in her bathtub. There’s a contemplative poem capturing the calm of a Vuillard interior, and then there’s life as one of Miró’s dots:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“So here I am, on the edge of animation,\u003cbr\u003ea dream, a dance, a fantastic construction,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA child’s adventure.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘I Would Like to be a Dot in a Painting by Miró’ by Moniza Alvi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems are sure to delight every art lover, reminding us that any painting worth its salt has a thousand different meanings. 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. His books have been translated into 24 languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/adcock-fleur\/\" title=\"View Fleur Adcock Biography\"\u003eFleur Adcock,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/moniza-alvi\/\" title=\"View Moniza Alvi Biography\"\u003eMoniza Alvi,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/auden-w-h\/\" title=\"View WH Auden Biography\"\u003eWH Auden,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/hubbard-sue\/\" title=\"View Sue Hubbard Biography\"\u003eSue Hubbard,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/doty-mark\/\" title=\"View Mark Doty Biography\"\u003eMark Doty,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/france-linda\/\" title=\"View Linda France Biography\"\u003eLinda France,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/khalvati-mimi\/\" title=\"View Mimi Khalvati Biography\"\u003eMimi Khalvati,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/thomas-r-s\/\" title=\"View RS Thomas Biography\"\u003eRS Thomas,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/transtromer-tomas\/\" title=\"View Tomas Tranströmer Biography\"\u003eTomas Tranströmer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/carlos-williams-william\/\" title=\"View William Carlos Williams Biography\"\u003eWilliam Carlos Williams.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonation to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.teapot-trust.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTeapot Trust.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55303813005696,"sku":"B-CP-004","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/ten-poems-about-art-poetry-pamphlet-pack-shot.jpg?v=1750339431","url":"https:\/\/poetrypharmacy.live\/products\/ten-poems-about-art","provider":"The Poetry Pharmacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}