{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-flowers","title":"Ten Poems About Flowers","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA bouquet is a welcome and beautiful thing, but the beauty is inevitably short-lived. This delightful mini-anthology, however, is guaranteed never to wither. Roses, fritillaries, daisies, gentians and the humble ragwort are celebrated here by poets ranging from Mimi Khalvati to William Wordsworth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe experience their colours and scents in vivid language, so each lives on the page with all the intensity of a real flower. Sometimes it seems we can even learn from them; lilacs growing in an urban street know as much about love as we do:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Lilac, like love, makes no distinction.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt will open for anyone.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEven before love knows that it is love\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elilac knows it must blossom.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efrom ‘City Lilacs’ by Helen Dunmore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is one of the lovely mysteries of these poems – that a flower can somehow be like us and shed light on our own hopes and joys\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44541239263515,"sku":"BCP-018","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/ten-poems-about-flowers-poetry-pamphlet-pack-shot.jpg?v=1750339656","url":"https:\/\/poetrypharmacy.live\/products\/ten-poems-about-flowers","provider":"The Poetry Pharmacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}