Poems to Live your Life By, chosen and illustrated by Chris Riddell
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Classics and contemporary, a beautifully curated selection of poems brought to life with pencil sketches. A lovely gift even for the reluctant poetry reader demonstrating how poetry can add insight to all aspects of life.
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Off The Shelf, by Carol Ann Duffy
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Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and her friend’s offer poems in praise of the magic of reading. A specially commissioned selection, they pay tribute to the shops that house the stories we all hold dear.
100 Poems, by Seamus Heaney (hardback)
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An intimate curated set of poems from throughout Heaney’s life, chosen by his family.
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The Carrying, by Ada Limón ( paperback Feb 2019)
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WINNER
US NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY 2019
This is Ada Limon's most powerful collection yet. Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance.
A daughter tends to aging parents. A woman struggles with infertility - 'What if, instead of carrying / a child, I am supposed to carry grief?' - and a body seized by pain and vertigo as well as ecstasy. A nation convulses: 'Every song of this country / has an unsung third stanza, something brutal.' And still Limon shows us, as ever, the persistence of hunger, love, and joy, the dizzying fullness of our too-short lives.
Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson ( paperback)
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Andrea Gibson’s latest collection is a masterful showcase from the poet whose writing
and performances have captured the hearts of millions. With artful and nuanced looks
at gender, romance, loss, and family, Lord of the Butterflies is a new peak in Gibson’s
career. Each emotion here is deft and delicate, resting inside of imagery heavy
enough to sink the heart, while giving the body wings to soar.
