{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-history","title":"Ten Poems about History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wonderfully varied selection of poems demonstrates the vast scope of the word history. We’re transported on a dizzying journey from the beginnings of time all the way to a ciné-film that brings the past right into the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems look through both ends of the telescope and take us from the epic to the everyday, via harpsichord players, pitchfork rebellions, shipyards and family china:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“glaze veined\u003cbr\u003ewith grains of dirt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003earchivists of our own lives”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom ‘China, Blue and White’ by Linda France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe selection carries the fascinating idea that history is what we remember of our own lives as much as the events we read about in books, and that sometimes the two can overlap – as for the speaker in Patrick Kavanagh’s masterly poem, who reflects that he has “lived in important times”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are poems that look at history from every angle, finding richness and vividness in each corner of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Rita Dove, Alistair Elliot, Linda France, Patrick Kavanagh, Hannah Lowe, Sean O’Brien, Caitríona O’Reilly, Louis Simpson and Tamar Yoseloff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Sam Cannon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall books\/pamphlets that are part of the popular Candlestick Press range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57636468326780,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/TPAH-03-P1.jpg?v=1791724989","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-history","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}