Dancing By The Light of The Moon
- Author Gyles Brandreth
- Narrator Gyles Brandreth
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 7 hours and 7 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Educational strategies and policy, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Poetry anthologies (various poets).
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Price p/Title
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What to expect
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Dancing by the Light of the Moon, a collection of poetry to last you a lifetime - poems that will bring you joy, solace, celebration and love for every occasion
Includes an updated chapter of poems to bring you hope and happiness this year
A POEM CAN . . .
Comfort · Challenge · Be a friend
Stretch your vocabulary
Help you sleep · Break the ice
Find you a lover · Be utter nonsense
Console · Make you laugh - or cry
For every moment in your life there is a poem.
In Dancing by the Light of the Moon we have a remarkable collection of over 250 best-loved poems in the English-speaking world.
Allow Gyles Brandreth to be your guide to not only the wonders of poetry - and there are many - but also its practical uses in everyday life.
Whether seeking some words to reflect your mood, wanting to celebrate or mark an occasion or simply looking for lines of comfort and joy in difficult times, this collection has everything for readers of poetry both young and old, novices and old hands alike, will love and return to again and again.
'Gyles has discovered the secret of finding happiness' DAME JUDI DENCH
'Over 400 pages of top-notch poems by everyone from Shakespeare to Simon Armitage' Daily Mail
'A collection of poems that will transform your memory and change your life' Dr Max Pemberton
© Gyles Brandreth 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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To instil a love of literature, a copy of Dancing by the Light of the Moon ought to find its way into every home in the land
Daily Mail, Book of the Week -
Gyles has discovered the secret of finding happiness through learning poetry by heart. It’s wonderful and so much fun
Dame Judi Dench -
Brandreth provides over 400 pages of top-notch poems by everyone from Shakespeare to Simon Armitage. But his mission is to get you learning the poems by heart
Mail Online -
Gyles Brandreth has compiled a collection of 250 poems that he believes will transform your memory and change your life. I couldn’t agree me
Daily Mail -
This compendium is an enthusiastic and emphatic call to appreciate all forms of poetry
Radio Times -
A celebration of poetry packed full of wonderful verses
Planet Mindful
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