"This second edition of our popular mini-anthology calls at every stop on love's roller-coaster journey from the first dizzy declarations of passion, to the clear-eyed devotion of a couple in old age. In one of the most celebrated of modern love poems, we sense the boundless optimism of love at full tilt:
""...you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you""
- from 'i carry your heart with me' by ee cummings
Along the way there's also humour and warmth in the form of a battered straw hat that has come to symbolise what it means to be together for the long haul. These are poems that capture all the light and shade of love; poems to make you think and feel.
The selection is edited and introduced by Lorraine Mariner, a poet and librarian who works at the National Poetry Library in London.
Poems by Fleur Adcock, John Ashbery, ee cummings, Tishani Doshi, Lorraine Mariner, Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, Sinéad Morrissey, Peter Sansom, Alfred Lord Tennyson and RS Thomas.
Cover illustration by Sara Boccaccini Meadows.
Supplied with envelope and bookmark."
Edited by:
Lorraine Mariner Imprint: CANDLESTICK PRESS Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 137mm,
ISBN:9781907598821 ISBN 10: 1907598820 Pages: 20 Publication Date:01 December 2022 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified
