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Format:
Hardback ISBN: 9781849945004
Hardback publication date: 4 October 2018
Series: Batsford Poetry Anthologies
Category: Poetry
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eBook ISBN: 9781849945714
eBook publication date: 27 November 2020
Series: Batsford Poetry Anthologies
Category: Poetry
eBook price: £
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365 poems celebrating nature and the changing seasons.
This is the perfect bedside companion for any nature or poetry fan, featuring famous odes from big-name poets alongside unsung poems from less-well-known writers.
Each poem is chosen to chime with the natural world through the seasons. Spring is a time of hope, a season of new life with William Wordsworth’s daffodils, John Clare’s lambs and Christina Rossetti’s birdsong. Summer shifts into a time of leisure with long idyllic holidays in the countryside. According to Henry James, the two most beautiful words in the English language were ‘summer afternoon’, a sentiment echoed by Edward Thomas and Emily Dickinson. John Keats, William Blake and W. H. Auden are the poets we associate with autumn and this is possibly the most poetic season. The natural world, and the human one, hold onto the last lingering memories of summer before they turn to face the oncoming hardships of winter. Amy Lowell and George Meredith perfectly frame this time of year with their silver-fringed leaves and crimson berries. Winter can be savoured in poetry, rather than endured; bleak grey days are transformed into a world of glittering frost and snow-blanketed landscapes. Even in the darkest days life continues and soon we can turn our attention to the rebirth of spring.
A wonderful collection of poems that help mark the daily turn of the seasons and all the rituals marking the significant moments of the year, from Candlemas to Christmas.
ABOUT THE Editor
Jane McMorland Hunter writes and edits books on the good things in life: gardening, nature, cookery, craft and poetry, whilst also working part-time at Hatchards Bookshop, London. She has written and edited several books, including 100 Happy Poems, A Happy Poem to End Every Day, Ode to London, Favourite Poems of England, A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year and Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year. She lives in West London and can be found on social media at @alittlecitygarden.
READ MOREREVIEWS
'A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year is going to sit on my bedside table, I can’t wait to open it up each day, to reaffirm and celebrate my love for nature.'
LoveReading
‘With the dawn of the new year, let nature be your guide, and keep this charming volume on the bedside table.'
The Field
‘Jane McMorland Hunter inspires me to savour the subtle shifts in the season, and reading poems about snowdrops makes me tune in more closely.'
Rachel de Thample, author of Winter Wellness
Good Housekeeping
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