OccasionsQuirky
Ten Poems for a Picnic
ISBN 978 1 907598 65 4
Published July 2018
20 printed pages
Selected and Introduced by Jacqueline Gabbitas
Various Authors
£5.95
Lazing on a picnic rug under a clear blue sky, what could be more lovely than reading poetry? These ten poems have been selected to provide a perfect accompaniment to an open-air feast; some capture culinary delights such as strawberry tarts and custard while others have been chosen to add to the mood of carefree bliss that only a picnic on a summer’s day can offer.
From Jeremy Hooker’s thoughts while blackberrying to the quiet joy of being in a park with squirrels and daffodils in March, we are transported to enchanted times and places where day-to-day routines seem to have been suspended:
“In a little rainy mist of white and grey
we sat under an old tree,
drank tea toasts to the powdery mountain,”from ‘The Picnic’ by Edwin Morgan
Whether read alone or to a friend or lover, these beautiful poems make ideal companions for a cucumber sandwich and a glass of fizz.
Poems by Wayne Burrows, Jacqueline Gabbitas, Katherine Gallagher, Jeremy Hooker, Mimi Khalvati, Edwin Morgan, Frank O’Hara, Peter Phillips, Gertrude Stein and Edna St Vincent Millay.
