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Ten Poems about Fathers by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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This mini anthology is a wonderful introduction to the countless poems written about fathers and fatherhood. Father William is present, of course, a feisty figure who reminds us that age is entitled to have the last word. There's affection and humour, alongside tender remembrance. In one poem a father c ...Show more
Ten Poems about Hats by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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Category: Poetry and Drama
Coco Chanel declared a hat to be essential when lunching with people one didn't know very well. These days such pretensions may seem old hat but we still set store by this quintessentially personal item of clothing. In these pages we encounter hats of all shapes and sizes. There's a grandfather's belove ...Show more
Ten Poems about Mothers by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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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. This wonderful mini-anthology of poems is a celebration of the many ways in which mothers are important in our lives. ...Show more
Ten Poems about Roses by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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There's a fragrant, peachy-yellow rose called 'poetry in motion' proof (if needed) of poetry's love affair with roses, this most sumptuous of flowers. Our gorgeous mini-anthology contains all manner of roses. You'll find a climbing rose that longs for another life, a meditation on the simple pleasure of ...Show more
Ten Poems about Wine by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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Category: Poetry and Drama
John Keats' beaker of the warm South must be the most famous glass of wine in poetry. Who could fail to remember the beaded bubbles and the purple-stained mouth ? We can almost taste the rich berry notes as we read. This selection features part of that much-loved paean to a luscious red, alongside poems ...Show more
Ten Poems by the Romantics by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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Category: Poetry and Drama
With an Introduction by Catherine Kay, Education Officer at The Wordsworth Trust, Ten Poems by The Romantics covers a lot of ground in a short space (not quite William Blake's a world in a grain of sand but something along those lines). The Romantics shared a passionate belief in the transforming pow ...Show more
Ten Poems for Spring by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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Sunshine and showers, cuckoos, frogs, daffodils and cherry blossom.... Poets writing about spring certainly have no shortage of material. Our selection of poems takes in many of these yearly delights. There are contemporary voices a poem in which a dog sniffs around a city park and enjoys the new smells ...Show more
Ten Poems for Summer by AUTHORS, VARIOUS
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Category: Poetry and Drama
"There seem to be fewer poems about summer than about other seasons. Perhaps the impulse to be outdoors when the weather is at its best goes against the inward mood that writing poems requires. This makes poetry about summer all the more glorious – each poem in this mini-anthology is like a rare, bright ...Show more
Ten Poems for Winter by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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Category: Poetry and Drama
Winter seems to divide opinion more than any other season; we love it or we definitely don't! The poems in this mini-anthology are guaranteed to delight readers of every persuasion; we encounter muddy walks, ice-skating, cosy fires, chilblains and even a snow pudding. There's also a Skype meeting betwee ...Show more
Ten Poems of Kindness: Volume Two by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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This moving anthology of poems about kindness is a second volume which beautifully complements Ten Poems of Kindness, edited by Jackie Kay. These ten poems were successful in our Kindness Poem Competition in association with Fair Saturday Foundation, and they offer a rich variety of experiences and refl ...Show more
Ten Poems of the Soil by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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Soil, earth, clay, sod, clod: there's no shortage of one-syllable words for the stuff that gets behind our fingernails and sticks to our wellies. And it's strangely enjoyable to say these words out loud as if they remind us of childhood and sitting in the dirt to make mud pies. This mini-anthology delig ...Show more
The Penguin Book of French Short Stories 2 by Various Authors
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Category: Classics
'Beautiful and deep ... a sumptuous treat for any book lover' The Independent 'Food for short story lovers everywhere' Irish Times *A major celebration of the French short story and Spectator Book of the Year* The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celeb ...Show more