{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-rivers-copy","title":"Ten Poems about Swimming","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstead of a Card \u003c\/strong\u003eby Candlestick Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s something at once elemental and child-like about moving through water – whether we paddle like a dog or can manage an elegant crawl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese delightful poems explore the many joys of swimming in pools, rivers and oceans. We travel all the way from a child learning to swim at home on a piano stool to a swimmer in a public baths which become suddenly splendid:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"blockquote-indent-120\"\u003e“the pool spread like a sunken ballroom,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003emarbled with the winter sun and here,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"blockquote-indent-60\"\u003ethe deep end’s edge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewhere I hang breathless,”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘What I Think About When I’m Swimming’ by Hannah Lowe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSwimming is a pleasure and a privilege, and these poems remind us that when we take to the water it is not just our bodies that are changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by\u003cspan\u003e Vievee Francis, Paul Henry, Ranjit Hoskote, Hannah Lowe, Nicholas Murray, Katrina Naomi, Jay Parini, Katherine Pierpoint, Stevie Smith, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/wynne-rhydderch-samantha\/\" title=\"View Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch Biography\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by\u003cspan\u003e Sara Boccaccini Meadows \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonation to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.org.uk\/\"\u003eSurfers Against Sewage.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\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":56735015043458,"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-swimming-poetry-pamphlet-front-cover.jpg?v=1782474432","url":"https:\/\/www.kempsgeneralstore.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-rivers-copy","provider":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}