A beautifully packaged anthology of poems from around the world and throughout history, all especially selected for reading aloud, with one glorious poem for every day of the year. Everyone benefits from reading aloud, whether it’s a bedtime story with Dad or Granny, an intimate moment with a loved one, or a performance to a group of people. Both the reader and the listener gain a far greater understanding of the poem, its subject matter, and the mood the poet wants to convey—the words hit us more powerfully and meaningfully.
With a wide and diverse range of poets including the fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz and Mary Oliver in the twenty-first century, old favorites such as Emily Dickinson and more recent voices such as Lemn Sissay, the obvious classics such as Wordsworthand slightly more offbeat fare like Spike Milligan, there’s something for everyone in this book: poems that are funny, sad, consoling, uplifting, and everything in between.
Whether you’re a teacher enthralling a class of children or a carer entertaining a group of pensioners, if you’re looking for a reading for your wedding or a powerful piece for a performance or poetry slam, you’ll find everything you need here. It’s the perfect book to dip into daily to share a poem with anyone, everyone, or even just yourself, to hear the true beauty and rhythm of words and the magic they can weave.
Liz believes in the transformative power of poetry. She has compiled two anthologies, A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year (Sept 2023) and Poems for Tortured Souls (June 2024). She has conducted workshops in libraries and with community groups encouraging a daily poetry-reading habit. Liz is a museum and gallery educator at the Charles Dickens Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. You can follow Liz’s Literary Quotes on Instagram @liz.ison
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