{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-horses","title":"Ten Poems about Horses","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this selection take us on an exhilarating canter through our friendships with horses. Along the way, we meet an edgy stallion waiting for his winter bale and a pony picking her way across paddocks after having her hooves trimmed:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“…she sidled through the silver air\u003cbr\u003epretending to shy at shadows\u003cbr\u003eeach hair of her coat\u003cbr\u003estanding upright with joy.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom ‘The Grey Pony’ by Dorothy Hewett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are also encounters of a quieter kind – a moment lingering at a field gate as horses decide whether to come over and say hello. The poems beautifully illustrate that humans and equines are always equals. We can learn as much from them as they from us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlison Brackenbury is an award-winning poet who has kept and loved horses for most of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Alison Brackenbury, Jane Commane, Tony Curtis, Sally Goldsmith, Adam Lindsay Gordon, Jen Hadfield, Dorothy Hewett, Geoffrey Holloway, Maxine Kumin and Robert Wrigley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Lizzie Ginbey and Barry Tottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonation to Bransby Horses.\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":57636004561276,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/TPAH-02-P3.jpg?v=1791709906","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-horses","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}