{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-swimming-copy","title":"Ten Poems about Trains (Return)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstead of a Card \u003c\/strong\u003eby Candlestick Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis mini-anthology finds us mostly in the UK after the more distant travels of our accompanying Outbound title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe selection captures the timeless drama and romance of getting from A to B by train. RL Stevenson’s poem revels breathlessly in the thrill of moving at what was then thought to be high speed:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Faster than fairies, faster than witches,\u003cbr\u003eBridges and houses, hedges and ditches;\u003cbr\u003eAnd charging along like troops in a battle,\u003cbr\u003eAll through the meadows the horses and cattle…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘From a Railway Carriage’ by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the abiding spirit of the poems is perhaps a sense of freedom – the fact of being neither\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003ehere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003ethere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– something that all too briefly allows us to imagine other possibilities and other lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by\u003cspan\u003e Jonathan Davidson, Khiwani Deepanker, Emily Dickinson,\u003c\/span\u003e Maura Dooley, Helen Dunmore, David Hart, Cynthia Kitchen, Ian McMillan, Graham Mort and Robert Louis Stevenson. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Gail Brodholt\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":56735022612866,"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-trains-return-poetry-pamphlet-front-cover.jpg?v=1782474906","url":"https:\/\/www.kempsgeneralstore.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-swimming-copy","provider":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}