Candlestick press nottingham (374 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Most of us live in cities, and there is a rich tradition of poems about their tireless hustle and bustle. In Jessica Mookherjee's lively selection, we find poems that explore the hectic rhythms of day-to-day life in a city, as well as the rather more mysterious character of a city at night a pla…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Ten Poems about Tea has a fabulous introduction by Sophie Dahl (PG with milk, no sugar) and was the brilliant idea of Picador poet Lorraine Mariner, who also works as a librarian in the Poetry Library at London's South Bank Centre. She has helped choose the poems, advised us along the way and ag…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. What could be more evocative of heady summer days than a meadow in all its blowy, flowery glory? In this exquisite prose essay, leading naturalist Miriam Darlington takes us deep into the heart of a local meadow in her beloved Devon. She describes how a drained and threadbare place is regenerate…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Most of us can remember our first kiss, whether it was glorious and transporting or merely awkward. Kissing, it transpires, can happen anywhere on a train, in a city park or against a kitchen fridge. The poems dramatise the fact that a kiss can make time stand still or send us into a dizzy spin:…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Vikings, Romans, Normans. Grand industrial cities and national parks. Yorkshire encompasses so much that it probably takes poetry to do it justice. And who better to choose the poems than the 'Bard of Barnsley' Ian McMillan, who still lives in the Yorkshire town where he was born. The poems trav…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A daughter will always be a daughter, and this beautiful and tender selection celebrates that joyful fact. We begin with a birth and progress through the years via familiar landmarks; the beloved toys of early childhood and tricky teenage arguments lead to the inevitable moment when a daughter m…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Butterflies must be the most beautiful of all insects. They are with us while the warm weather lasts, and seeing a Brimstone in a garden early in the year is one of the most delightful heralds of spring's arrival. The vividness and frailty of butterflies as they flicker across our summer meadows…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Round a bend at the end of a deep lane where trees lean in over the track we find ourselves in a hidden Gloucestershire valley. This richly lyrical essay by leading naturalist Miriam Darlington brings us owls and wrens, hibernating ladybirds and an old orchard where windfall crab apples melt int…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. This mini anthology belongs to our popular series of UK regional titles, and features poems that capture the vivid landscapes and atmospheres of the Dark and White Peaks. There's a celebration of the very particular Derbyshire tradition of well dressing, alongside poems that take us up onto the…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. There's a fragrant, peachy-yellow rose called 'poetry in motion' proof (if needed) of poetry's love affair with roses, this most sumptuous of flowers. Our gorgeous mini-anthology contains all manner of roses. You'll find a climbing rose that longs for another life, a meditation on the simple ple…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. This celebration title offers light in many glorious guises, helping mark one million pamphlet sales for Candlestick Press. We encounter celestial light in the form of the sun, moon and stars as well as the miracle of the Northern Lights. There's the dazzle of the sea and mysterious bioluminesce…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In this delightful mini anthology we find touching and uplifting poems exploring sons as babies and sons as young men, as well as everything in between. We meet a boy daydreaming in bed on a summer's evening, his mother delighting in his wakefulness as his imagination roams in the dark. There's…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. This addition to our series of UK regional titles brings the drama and beauty of the Lake District landscape into glorious focus. We encounter dry-stone walls, sublime heights, lakes (of course) and experience an evening dip in the cooling waters of a tarn. The selection wouldn't be complete wit…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. With an Introduction by Catherine Kay, Education Officer at The Wordsworth Trust, Ten Poems by The Romantics covers a lot of ground in a short space (not quite William Blake's a world in a grain of sand but something along those lines). The Romantics shared a passionate belief in the transformin…