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A Poet for Every Day of the Year
A Poem for Every Day and Night of the Year (Related to this series)
- Author
- Allie Esiri
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 30 September 2021
- Run Time
- 13 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'If you feel as though your life is lacking a bit of poetry, this is an excellent place to start' – The Times
Allie Esiri’s audio anthology, A Poet for Every Day of the Year, is the perfect introduction to 366 of the world’s greatest ever verse writers.
Perfect for listening to together as a family or on your own, it is bursting at the seams with familiar favourites and exciting new discoveries. Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti and Emily Brontë sit alongside Roger McGough, Wendy Cope, Imtiaz Dharker, Leonard Cohen, Sylvia Plath and Ocean Vuong.
Each of the 366 poems features a small introduction that gives a sense of who the writer was, and not just the greatness of their work. Some offer insightful biographical details or key historical context, while others may provide quirky, humorous anecdotes.
The day-to-day format of the anthology invites listeners to make poetry a part of their daily routine, and makes sure that they discover something inspirational, life affirming, provocative, moving or entertaining each and every day.
Critics Review
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If you feel as though your life is lacking a bit of poetry, this is an excellent place to start.
Best Poetry Books of the Year, The Times
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[A Poet for Every Day of the Year] does exactly what it says on the tin, presenting a poet for you to meet and take your time with every day; to savour, enjoy, read, re-read and return to, knowing that there’ll be another one along tomorrow.
Ian McMillan, award winning poet
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Details
- Author
- Allie Esiri
- Narrator
- Allie Esiri, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Samuel West
- Duration
- 13 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 September 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529054842
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: Poetry / poems, Children’s / Teenage: Anthologies, Poetry anthologies (various poets), Gift and novelty books / items
Synopsis
'If you feel as though your life is lacking a bit of poetry, this is an excellent place to start' – The TimesAllie Esiri’s audio anthology, A Poet for Every Day of the Year, is the perfect introduction to 366 of the world’s greatest ever verse writers.Perfect for listening to together as a family or on your own, it is bursting at the seams with familiar favourites and exciting new discoveries. Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti and Emily Brontë sit alongside Roger McGough, Wendy Cope, Imtiaz Dharker, Leonard Cohen, Sylvia Plath and Ocean Vuong.Each of the 366 poems features a small introduction that gives a sense of who the writer was, and not just the greatness of their work. Some offer insightful biographical details or key historical context, while others may provide quirky, humorous anecdotes.The day-to-day format of the anthology invites listeners to make poetry a part of their daily routine, and makes sure that they discover something inspirational, life affirming, provocative, moving or entertaining each and every day.
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