Ten Poems About Babies

Dharker, Imtiaz (editor)

ISBN 10: 190759826X / ISBN 13: 9781907598265

Published by Candlestick Press, 2015

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Nottingham. 2015. Candlestick Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781907598265. 20 pages. pamphlet. keywords: Asia Pakistan Scotland Literature Poetry World Litrature World Literature. DESCRIPTION - There are a lot of wonderful poems about babies. When choosing her most loved ten poems about babies, poet Imtiaz Dharker's wish-list was many times too long. In the end, she chose the ten poems 'I kept coming back to, perhaps because something in them triggered a memory of that exact baby smell, the weight of the head on the chest, the exhaustion and wonder that surrounds such a coming.' inventory #47065. Seller Inventory # z47065

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Title: Ten Poems About Babies

Publisher: Candlestick Press

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: pamphlet

Condition: Very Good in Wrappers

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis:

Candlestick Press offers completely unique and beautiful poetry chapbooks, which can to be given instead of a greeting card. The chapbooks are designed and printed in the UK on high quality, tactile paper and are packaged with a bookmark left blank for your message' as well as an envelope. People need only a stamp to send these lovely gifts on their way. The chapbooks are delightful and intellectually gratifying. They are objects of beauty and offer poems that are worthwhile, profound, and exhilarating to read. We are privileged to publish Gillian Clarke's story The Christmas Wren, written in response to Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales. Gillian Clarke's The Christmas Wren is an exquisite contemporary miniature, written for adults and children alike. A magical tale of the Christmases of a Welsh childhood, it is populated by aunts and uncles, snow and starlight, boxes and baubles.