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Three front covers of the Ten Poems about Butterflies poetry pamphlet on a decorative background

Monday 22nd April 2024

Poems of vividness and frailty

Butterflies must be the most beautiful of all insects. They are with us while the warm weather lasts, and seeing a Brimstone in a garden early in the year is one of the most delightful heralds of spring’s […]

Three front covers of the Ten Poems about Aunts poetry pamphlet on a decorative background

Wednesday 28th February 2024

Everyone needs an aunt…

Nearly all of us have an ‘auntie’ or ‘aunty’ – even if the person in question isn’t actually a relative. In these entertaining and touching poems we meet story-telling aunts and aunts who spin their own […]

Three front covers of the Ten Poems about Cities poetry pamphlet on a decorative background

Wednesday 28th February 2024

Poems alive with urban buzz and bustle

Most of us live in cities, and there is a rich tradition of poems about their tireless hustle and bustle. In Jessica Mookherjee’s lively selection, we find poems that explore the hectic rhythms of day-to-day life in a […]

Three front covers of the Ten Poems about Libraries poetry pamphlet on a decorative background

Thursday 25th January 2024

And not a shush! to be found…

Libraries are treasured places. We may remember visiting a local library in childhood to explore an early delight in reading. Or perhaps we have come to value them in later life, as a calm sanctuary where we can […]

Three front covers of the Fourteen Poems about Kissing poetry pamphlet on a decorative background

Tuesday 23rd January 2024

Mwah! Specially for Valentine’s Day

Most of us can remember our first kiss, whether it was glorious and transporting or merely awkward. Kissing, it transpires, can happen anywhere – on a train, in a city park or against a kitchen fridge. The poems […]

Three front covers of the Ten Poems about Hats poetry pamphlet on a decorative background

Tuesday 2nd January 2024

Hats off to 2024!

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 […]

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Monday 22nd April 2024

Poems of vividness and frailty

Wednesday 28th February 2024

Everyone needs an aunt…

Wednesday 28th February 2024

Poems alive with urban buzz and bustle

Thursday 25th January 2024

And not a shush! to be found…

Tuesday 23rd January 2024

Mwah! Specially for Valentine’s Day

Tuesday 2nd January 2024

Hats off to 2024!

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