Poems that plunge into rivers and pools
Published on Friday 24 June 2022
There’s something at once elemental and child-like about moving through water – whether we paddle like a dog or can manage an elegant crawl. These 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. Swimming 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.
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Poems that plunge into rivers and pools
Published on Friday 24 June 2022
There’s something at once elemental and child-like about moving through water – whether we paddle like a dog or can manage an elegant crawl. These 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 […]
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Poems that take us to the very edge of the land
Published on Friday 24 June 2022
The British archipelago has over 7,000 miles of coastline – everything from limestone cliffs to muddy estuaries and from sand dunes to saltmarshes. The variety of these landscapes – and of others far beyond – is reflected in these glorious poems selected by naturalist Miriam Darlington. There are poems about wild Scottish shorelines and mudflats […]
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Christmas postcard poem competition
Published on Saturday 21 May 2022
We’re looking for a brand new poem on the theme of ‘Christmas Stories’ for a Christmas postcard that we’ll be supplying to book and gift shops across the UK. As well as a set of your own poem postcards, you’ll win £75 and hot-off-the-press copies of this year’s festive titles. Your interpretation of the Christmas […]
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