The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Mind, Heart and Soul by William Sieghart

The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Mind, Heart and Soul

William Sieghart with Wendell Berry, Susan Coolidge, Siegfried Sassoon, Izumi Shikibu, J.R.R. Tolkien, Adrian Mitchell, William Stafford, Derek Mahon, Oscar Hammerstein II, John Burnside, Jane Hirshfield, Julia Darling, Hafez, Derek Walcott, Philip Larkin, Christopher Logue, Walter D. Wintle, Stuart Henson, Michael Laskey, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Vicki Feaver, Mark Doty, Rudyard Kipling, Maya Angelou, Mary Oliver, James Fenton, Billy Collins, Rumi, Helen Farish, Sheenagh Pugh, John Donne, Seamus Heaney, Imtiaz Dharker, Vernon Scannell, John Keats, Wendy Cope, P.K. Page, U.A. Fanthorpe, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ann Samson, Duncan Forbes, Jack Gilbert, Mary Elizabeth Frye, Elizabeth Jennings, Paul Durcan

151 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction poetry psychology emotional reflective fast-paced
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Sometimes only a poem will do. For countless people, the poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice from William Sieghart's bestselling Poetry Pharmacy have offered comfort, delight and inspiration; a space for reflection, and that precious rea...

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Moods

reflective 86%
inspiring 80%
hopeful 69%
emotional 68%
relaxing 33%
informative 15%
lighthearted 15%
sad 13%
funny 7%
challenging 6%
mysterious 1%

Pace

fast 39%
medium 37%
slow 22%

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