This book is a dream, a revivalist campaign, a challenge, a fundraising vehicle, a book of days and an anthology, all in one

Guardian

It's a brilliant concept and should give a lot of pleasure to all ages

Daily Mail

The poems are a delight, some never anthologised before

Independent on Sunday

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A very good and varied collection, with delightful oddities

The Times

This book features 366 poems, one for each day of the year (including leap years). Chosen for their narrative, resonance and rhythm, these are poems to learn by heart or treasure and enjoy. Poets included range from Yeats, Shakespeare, Housman and Kipling, to contemporary poets such as Wendy Cope, Carol Ann Duffy, Maya Angelou and Thom Gunn.
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366 poems, one for each day of the year (including leap years). Chosen for their narrative, resonance and rhythm, these are poems to learn by heart or treasure and enjoy. Poets included range from Yeats, Shakespeare, Housman and Kipling, to contemporary poets such as Wendy Cope, Carol Ann Duffy, Maya Angelou and Thom Gunn.
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One of the bestselling and best-loved poetry anthologies of our times.

Product details

ISBN
9781856194990
Published
1997
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Weight
481 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
154 mm
Thickness
30 mm
Age
01, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
400

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Biographical note

Poem for the Day was the brainchild of the social inventor and author Nicholas Albery, who tragically was killed in a car accident as Poem for the Day Two was getting off the ground. Royalties from the books go to Nicholas Albery's charitable foundations, under the banner of the Institute for Social Inventions.