General Book Search for "9781529402834"

Poems to Fix a F**ked Up World

Hardback
Published : Thursday 22 August 2019
ISBN : 9781529402834
Price : €12.04


You may also like ...

Product

Faber & Faber Poetry Diary 2021

€15.64

Extended stock - Dispatch 5-7 days
Product

The Forward Book of Poetry 2021

€12.04

Extended stock - Dispatch 5-7 days
Product

The Forward Book of Poetry 2020

€12.04

Extended stock - Dispatch 5-7 days
Product

Poetry Please: The Seasons

€12.04

Extended stock - Dispatch 5-7 days

Description

Short sharp shots of poetry to help you face the sh*t.

Sometimes it's hard to keep looking up at the stars when the gutter we're in seems so full of sh*t. But isn't that why we need poetry? Oscar Wilde wrote some of his best poetry when he was in prison for 'the love that dare not speak its name'. Nelson Mandela held fast to his 'unconquerable soul' on Robben Island with the help of the words a poet wrote about his battle with tuberculosis a century before. So maybe it's not inconceivable that the words in this little book could help you put some of the sh*t in perspective, get all the important bits of your life - like sleep, work, food, travel, love and learning - in some kind of balance, so you can go back to star-gazing again . . . Taking as its starting point the classic 'wheel of balance' life-coach model, this beautifully packaged collection of extracts and short poems gathers wisdom old and new in a perfect gift for anyone who needs comfort in this f**ked up world of ours. 'This is not a poetry book as you know it, this is a life raft.' Emerald Street on Poems for a World Gone to Sh*t.



Reviews