Ten Poems about Tea by Dahl, Sophie, Perry, Jill, Mariner, Lorraine, Hardy, Thomas, Shapcott, Jo, Boland, Eavan, Agard, John
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Ten Poems about Tea has a fabulous introduction by Sophie Dahl (PG with milk, no sugar) and was the brilliant idea of Picador poet Lorraine Mariner, who also works as a librarian in the Poetry Library at London's South Bank Centre. She has helped choose the poems, advised us along the way and agreed wit ...Show more
Ten Sonnets by William Shakespeare by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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A beautiful alternative to a greeting card, this lovely collection of ten poems comes complete with an envelope - perfect to accompany a gift, or unusual enough to be a gift on its own.
Twelve Poems about Chickens by PIPPA GREENWOOD
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Here's one for the friends in our lives who have succumbed to the charms of chickens. A dozen poems celebrate their quirks and curiosities, with chickens increasingly kept and cherished by besotted owners whose gardens and smallholdings will never be the same again. From Diana Gittins' petulant hens pre ...Show more
Ten Bedtime Poems: Volume One by WILLIAM BOYD
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Why should children have all the fun? Reading poems in bed to oneself, to each other is surely one of life's great pleasures. Ten Bedtime Poems (Volume One), selected by novelist William Boyd, belongs on your bedside table. As he writes in the Introduction, 'novelists serious novelists, that is, literar ...Show more
Ten Poems about Walking by SASHA DUGDALE
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A beautiful alternative to a greeting card, this lovely collection of ten poems comes complete with an envelope - perfect to accompany a gift, or unusual enough to be a gift on its own.
Eleven Poems about Football by CONOR O'CALLAGHAN
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Football has accrued its fair share of sound-bites and foot-in-mouth moments. The poems in this anthology strike an altogether more subtle note and take us to the very heart of why a seemingly straightforward team sport arouses such passion and commands such lifelong devotion. There's a poem capturing t ...Show more
Ten Poems about Music: The Blue Album by CERYS MATTHEWS
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This mini-anthology is one half of our double album of music poems. Musician and broadcaster Cerys Matthews' lively selection celebrates the power of music in a dizzying variety of ways. Some poems capture how music makes us feel the irresistible urge to dance is brought vividly to life, for example, an ...Show more
Ten Poems about Sisters by KATHARINE TOWERS
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A sister often knows us better than anyone. This selection of poems (a companion to Ten Poems about Brothers) explores that special relationship from the games and secrets of early childhood that we remember so vividly to the separate journeys of later life. For Dorothea Smartt, two sisters form a pair ...Show more
Ten Poems about Journeys by JOHN FOGGIN
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This mini anthology is a celebration of the rich variety of ways in which we get ourselves from A to B. A long distance walk, a bike ride, a boat trip all are here in language that captures the thrill of being en route. We meet cyclists pedalling with panniers around eastern France. Then there's a rowdy ...Show more