{"product_id":"9781907598722","title":"Ten Poems for Breakfast","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Sampson, Ana, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 10\/02\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 20 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Candlestick Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Candlestick Press,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry anthologies (various poets)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781907598722\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of us skip breakfast protesting that it’s too early to eat. But it can never be too early for a poem, and this enticing mini-anthology of poems selected and introduced by Ana Sampson offers delights that anyone would wish to be awake for – including three new poems that were winners in our breakfast poem competition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBilly Collins buzzing around his house after several espressos and Lani O’Hanlon walking barefoot to the hen-house to collect eggs both relish the quiet solitude of being up early and contemplating the day ahead. For others, the first hours of the day are to be shared with loved ones; slices of toast flying from the toaster provide a vivid childhood memory:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…I ate six slices\u003cbr\u003eone weekend, enthralled\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewith how happiness\u003cbr\u003ewas the colour of butter,\u003cbr\u003ebest eaten hot.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom ‘Toaster’ by Olga Dermott-Bond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven if you’re not a morning person, these tender and beguiling poems will remind you that there’s something very precious about the start of a new day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAna Sampson is a leading anthologist and editor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems by Elizabeth Bishop, Billy Collins, Elizabeth Daryush, Olga Dermott-Bond, Catherine Edmunds, Phil Houghton, Ted Kooser, Lani O’Hanlon, Charles Simic and Mary Stewart Hammond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover illustration by Jane Walker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37650337923225,"sku":"9781907598722","price":5.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781907598722.jpg?v=1609430020","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781907598722","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}