by Margaret Bradley (Author)
Once again, such familiar classics as Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress', John Keats's 'To Autumn', T.S. Eliot's 'Journey of the Magi' and Robert Frost's 'Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening' take turns with an eclectic selection of lighter or less famous verses - Joyce Grenfell on the ages of woman, John Betjeman demolishing bad taste, Jon Silkin on the death of his son, and Ruth Pitter laughing at a potato. Ballads, laments, odes, satires, songs or prayers: these are poems for every mood and taste, illustrated with specially commissioned watercolours by a talented young artist.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: 2
Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 May 2003
ISBN 10: 0752857975
ISBN 13: 9780752857978
Book Overview: Illustrated edition of Poetry Please! has already been reprinted six times 250,000 copies of Everyman editions of Poetry Please! already sold Based on the long-running popular Radio 4 programme Joint promotion with Poetry Please! on BBC Radio 4 and the Radio Times Contains beautiful specially commissioned colour illustrations throughout Illustrated in water colour by one of the best young artists in the country A wonderful Christmas present in an attractive gift format Published to coincide with Poetry Day The Radio 4 programme celebrates its 20th birthday on the day of the book's publication