A Poet for Every Day of the Year (Hardback)
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A Poet for Every Day of the Year (Hardback)

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Hardback 624 Pages
Published: 30/09/2021
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A perfect gift filled with classic poems and new favourites, this beautifully presented collection brings together a rich selection of inspiring verse, ranging from Shakespeare to Leonard Cohen, and from Emily Bronte to Sylvia Plath.

Allie Esiri's beautiful gift anthology, A Poet for Every Day of the Year, is the perfect introduction to 366 of the world's greatest ever verse writers.

Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, it is bursting at the seams with familiar favourites and exciting new discoveries. Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti and Emily Bronte sit alongside Roger McGough, Wendy Cope, Imtiaz Dharker, Leonard Cohen, Sylvia Plath and Ocean Vuong.

Each of the 366 poems features a small introduction that gives a sense of who the writer was, and not just the greatness of their work. Some offer insightful biographical details or key historical context, while others may provide quirky, humorous anecdotes.

The day-to-day format of the anthology invites readers to make poetry a part of their daily routine, and makes sure that they discover something inspirational, life affirming, provocative, moving or entertaining each and every day.

Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529054828
Number of pages: 624
Weight: 874 g
Dimensions: 243 x 165 x 56 mm


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A Poem for Every Day does exactly what this sort of book should do and rallies the old crowd-pleasers (Housman, Kipling and Hardy make multiple appearances), then makes occasional dashes off the beaten path to take in things such as Imtiaz Dharker's lovely poem Crab-Apples and even one poem by that gruff bastion of inaccessibility Geoffrey Hill (Ode on the Loss of the Titanic). If you feel as though your life is lacking a bit of poetry, this is an excellent place to start. - The Times, Best Poetry Books of 2017

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“A delightful gift”

I received this as a Christmas gift and am delighted with it...an excellent concept with a great range of poetry. I'm planning on buying more books in the series, and can highly recommend the hardback edition. It... More

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