{"product_id":"eleven-poems-about-football-copy","title":"Ten Poems about Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstead of a Card \u003c\/strong\u003eby Candlestick Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cform id=\"paypal-buy\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bouquet is a welcome and beautiful thing, but the beauty is inevitably short-lived. This delightful mini-anthology, however, is guaranteed never to wither. Roses, fritillaries, daisies, gentians and the humble ragwort are celebrated here by poets ranging from Mimi Khalvati to William Worsdworth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lilac, like love, makes no distinction.\u003cbr\u003eIt will open for anyone.\u003cbr\u003eEven before love knows that it is love\u003cbr\u003elilac knows it must blossom.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘City Lilacs’ by Helen Dunmore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the lovely mysteries of these poems – that a flower can somehow be like us and shed light on our own hopes and joys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe experience their colours and scents in vivid language, so each lives on the page with all the intensity of a real flower. Sometimes it seems we can even learn from them; lilacs growing in an urban street know as much about love as we do:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected and introduced by Katherine Towers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by John Clare, Beth Davies, Helen Dunmore, John Heath-Stubbs, Sean Hewitt, Mimi Khalvati, DH Lawrence, Anne Ridler, Edward Thomas and William Wordsworth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Angie Lewin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/form\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePamphlets are supplied with an envelope for posting and a bookmark for a special message. Whether you’re choosing for a friend or for yourself, we think you’ll find you’re spoilt for choice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56735182193026,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/4576\/3117\/files\/ten-poems-about-flowers-poetry-pamphlet-front-cover.jpg?v=1782481744","url":"https:\/\/www.kempsgeneralstore.co.uk\/products\/eleven-poems-about-football-copy","provider":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}